Reply to "Do I have stock rotors?"

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According to some sources, a 'few' early cars- (maybe 5 or 6 out of 6000 built) got prototype vented rotors from the factory. No one knows for sure what their serials were and I've never seen one... nor has anyone I ever met. It may be a myth so your rotors are likely added on, but that doesn't mean they should be thrown away.

Vented stock-sized front rotors with everything else stock will stabilize under hard driving at a lower temp than with stock solid rotors. How low? Maybe 100 degrees F less- not enough to make the car into a pro road-racer but enough to be noticable in fast mountain driving.

Note that about 65% of a Pantera's braking is done with the fronts, and also that vented REAR rotors are far from a bolt-on but it can be done, to help a little more- again, only in repeated hard braking. If you're curious, PM me for details; our '72 L street Pantera has run stock size 4-wheel vented rotors for 18 years.

9/9/1310:26 PM

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