[200q20v] Re: [s-cars] upgrade advice

[TM]

Chi,
The only modifications are very minor- boring out the
centerbore 1mm and the bolt holes 1mm as well. That's not
a big deal at all. I plan on getting a spare set in the
near future to prevent any problems w/ rotor replacement
in the future.

As for the rotors themselves, they are a stock R129 part
and w/ M-B's rep on parts, they will be stocked probably for
longer than either of us will own our 200s.

If you want an alternative, call up Keith Anderson and get his
kit- it uses stock euro A8 rotors and the modifications are done
to the hubs. It's about $1600 give or take, all inclusive, lines,
pads and all.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: 200q20v-admin at audifans.com [mailto:200q20v-admin at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of CL Wong
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:55 PM
To: 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [200q20v] Re: [s-cars] upgrade advice


Replacing the UFO rotors has caught my attention
recently since I'm still running original UFOs at
120k.

I believe BIRA is about to announce/release a UFO bolt
on kit that uses somekind of modified Mercedes rotor.


While upgrading is attractive to me (heck, I even
bought  17X8.5 Ronal R28s in anticipation of a brake
upgrade 2 yrs ago), I'm not sure I like the idea of
needing rotors that have to be modified to fit.

I wonder which is more likely to be available in 3-5
years? UFOs or modified Mercedes rotors?

...

Just finished building my diagnostic interface at a
cost of $12 plus a few hours of soldering.  Using the
free demo of vag-com, I was able to reset my airbag
light and discovered that I have an intermittant
intake air-temp sensor.  This is a vastly improved
tool over the led blinking thing on Scott's page but
takes alot more effort to build.

Chi


--- Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net> wrote:
> At 11:56 AM -0500 11/28/01, TM wrote:
> >Brett,
> >I don't know that the BIRA systems are inferior to
> the UFOs,
> >even System 1. Maybe Scott J. or someone can pull
> out their
> >calipers, measure the swept areas and compare. :-)
> >
> >Rotor size is roughly equal.
>
> Sure, that's what I mean.  I would not say
> "inferior", that's not the
> right word at all.  Equal's more like it.  "At worst
> you'll match the
> performance of the UFOs" means that at worse, you'll
> end up with the
> amount of braking Audi originally intended.
>
> >When I get my caliper brackets and rotors, I'll let
> everyone
> >know how System 2/3 compares to the UFOs.
>
> That would be great...I haven't seen many direct
> comparisons.  I
> drove Greg's car once for about 20 min, and it felt
> very similar
> except for what felt like very even and fine control
> on his car.
>
>    Obviously rotors are cheaper, but it takes a
> number of rotors to
> offset the cost of the upgrade, and UFO rotors do
> seem to last
> -quite- a long time, ignoring the mild warping that
> comes+goes.  I
> think I've probably got well over 60k miles on the
> current rotors on
> the car.  Bira doesn't seem to really be intended
> for UFO equipped
> cars; Greg's mission was to do it for the G60 caliper-equipped
> 200q20vs/S-cars etc.  It also happens to price very
> favorably with
> many other brake upgrade kits for various cars.
>
> Let's be clear...I'm a big fan of BIRA.  I consider
> Greg a friend,
> and he(and now others with him) has done great
> things with those
> crazy brackets.  I recommend BIRA upgrades to people
> I hear groaning
> about prices for big brake upgrades and so on, I've
> even lent a hand
> where I could; the pictures of the original System1
> on his car were
> taken by me @ Mt Washington a year or two back.
>
> B
>
> --


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