Upgraded Brake Rotors?

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The car weights 5000 lbs. If you drive it like a 911, it's going to warp the rotors. 100-0 one time will overheat the brakes. A single hard track lap can even overheat the brakes. Keep that in mind or you will have to replace them often. It's not a sports car.
So ideally I should be good to replace them, and just try hard not to get on the brakes… my only thing is if I have to emergency brake to avoid an accident my rotors will get warped?
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So ideally I should be good to replace them, and just try hard not to get on the brakes… my only thing is if I have to emergency brake to avoid an accident my rotors will get warped?
The rotors are designed to handle a single emergency stop at maximum gross weight (5980 lb) from a speed of 100 MPH (per FMVSS Standard No. 135). As long as you aren't going faster than 100 MPH, the stock brakes should be able to handle a single emergency stop just fine.

Repeated hard stops, or hard braking from speeds greater than 100 MPH WILL overheat the brakes. Slowing down from top speed 124 MPH to only 70 MPH is more energy dissipation than a 100 MPH stop.
 
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