Slotted or Drilled?

[Six Mike]

I just turned 36k on a 2006 300C SRT8. No problems yet with the brakes, but planning an upgrade during maintenance. Both slotted and drilled rotors are available from Brembo. I know Chrysler puts out the slotted rotors. Any bigger advantage with drilled?

[HEMI_MAN]

I prefer the slotted look but to each his own but its gotta be one or the other cause im pretty sure i heard its not good to have both at the same time.

[stevesrt8]

per our resident bbrake guru, no drilled rotors. Slotted is the way to go. Forum sponsor has factory mopar ones for sixty something bucks each!!!

[Adam Control]

I heard the drilled ones have cracking problems and don't last as long. There aren't any arguable problems with slotted. Just pick up the Chrysler SRt ones. You can't go wrong with rotors actually engineered by the same company that makes your car!

[Six Mike]

Pretty quick and unanimous! Slotted it is.

[Rambit]

Originally Posted by Adam Control

I heard the drilled ones have cracking problems and don't last as long. There aren't any arguable problems with slotted. Just pick up the Chrysler SRt ones. You can't go wrong with rotors actually engineered by the same company that makes your car!

Yes, and the SRT Engineers don't recommend them either as they take away mass from the rotors which could cause catastrophic results, using their words.

Bernie

[pimp mobile]

thanx guys, i had the same question.

[StealthAuto]

I suggest drilled for looks and slotted for performance. Many racers have an issue with drilled rotors cracking on the track whereas slotted rotors do not.

Just my $0.02

-Aaron

[Big Bob]

I got drilled and slotted for my C......

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[Chase300]

You'll never have problems on a street car with properly made cross-drilled rotors. I've put 135K on my cross-drilled rotors on my Durango with no more warping issues...that I had with the stock rotors. Nor any problems with my Talon or Stealth turbo with cross-drilled. I've used Porterfield Racing and never had an issue.
If Cross-Drilled is so bad and crack, why does the Corvette C-6, even the Z06 version, Porsche and even Ferrari equipped their cars with cross-drilled rotors? Only car I've seen with slotted is the SRT LX...and its probably because of cost. Not saying they are worse than cross-drilled, but I've been very satisifed with the performance gain I've received from cross-drilled rotors.