Womp, womp, womp, womp.
The Porsche needed new brakes.
We could feel it when coming to a stop–warped rotors, many would say.
But not quite. Technically “warped rotors” are not warped. They do not resemble potato chips.
Let’s quote what longtime brake engineer James Walker Jr. wrote in Grassroots Motorsports:
“In nearly every single case, warped rotors are not …
Workd my way part way through university in a shop that turned rotors. True them up in the lather using a dial indicator and shave a bit off and end up in proper balance. Very few were actually warped, they just had worn areas. I guess if you were driving a heavy load down Pike's Peak you might build up enough heat to actually warp one when you drove into the snow.
In reply to wspohn :
So where did the term warped come from? I can see why people think they’re actually warped, though.
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