Titanium rotors experience

[j-c-c]

I did a search and found little mention of huge weight savings ( & rotational inertia) titanium rotors. Of course your wallet gets a lot lighter, but they are very tempting and also help reduce unsprung weight maybe just use in rear where brake demand are less. So anybody have any real world experience? Do they last? Are special pad compounds as plentiful? Are the rotors normally coated, and if so how well does coating last? Do they perform as well as CI? Since they have less mass, do they run hotter?

CF is another thread. lol.

[jpgolf14]

I did a search and found little mention of huge weight savings ( & rotational inertia) titanium rotors. Of course your wallet gets a lot lighter, but they are very tempting and also help reduce unsprung weight maybe just use in rear where brake demand are less. So anybody have any real world experience? Do they last? Are special pad compounds as plentiful? Are the rotors normally coated, and if so how well does coating last? Do they perform as well as CI? Since they have less mass, do they run hotter?

CF is another thread. lol.

Man, I don't have any personal experience, but titanium rotors sounds like a terrible idea.

The whole point of the rotor is to absorb, store, and reject the heat of the friction. Iron is pretty good at that. Titanium on the other hand is a poor conductor of heat compared to other metals. So instead the heat will go into the pad / caliper / fluid. Is the rest of your system ready for that?

What do you plan to use the car for?

Do you have a link to the rotors?

[MonzaRacer]

Also most of those are for racing only as the frictional coefficient isnt as good on Ti. Also honestly, is there no where else you can drop 1 to 5 lbs as most slide on rotors rarely surpass this unless your using 14 in Corvette then MAYBE I would worry. Honestly I just dont see spending the kind of cash on a Ti rotor and get less benefit, and also its gonna cost more to repair if you warp, heck you can get 13.38 Corvette from NAPA for around $93 each, and refinish if they get a warp in them. The Ti rotors I found were $500+ and even if not over that I can sure buy a lot of rotors, even have street and track set.
Guess it just depends on your level of insanity to rduce unsprung weight, I would actually rather spend big cash on lighter wheels over brake rotors.