Recent content by RockyRoad

I spoke to Chris there for several hours about my truck before purchasing. He was awesome and took probably 3-4 hours patiently walking through every question I had - answered on weekends, evenings, etc... (At $5k+ for a brake system, I had questions lol). He knows his stuff.... So I...

It also depends on the size of the air-gap in the center. Competition rotors for racing cars often have thinner braking surfaces and a larger air-gap for cooling and less unsprung weight, but as a result, cannot "store" as much heat (and use up really expensive brake pads like they're free :)...

If you put on more aggressive pads you will be putting more energy into the rotor (aka heat) that it wasn't designed to handle. That said - you're right in that a big brake kit that doesn't add more thermal mass to the rotors will feel good once - and then on the second stop will be even worse...

An upgraded caliper will help - but you'll be putting more heat energy into the stock rotors which I think have been at least half the weak point on the brakes. If you do this, please report back as I wonder if this will work - or you'll just go through factory rotors a lot quicker.

Rotora does make a system that clears 17's now. https://alconkits.com/collections/heavy-duty-truck-brakes/products/ford-raptor-gen-3-2021-hd-front-big-brake-kit