UFO Rotors and Calipers

[David Glubrecht]

Here is a pic of what we did this weekend.  Earplugs in and new driver in car on track.

http://forum.chumpcar.com/index.php?/topic/267-picture-request-glowing-brakes/

 

Yes the brake pad backing plate is near full thickness, but the brake piston pushed through the center of it.

 

Audi content, that is a Audi 4000 2dr built into a pikes peak replica S1.

Don't worry when we got the car there was nothing usefull on it.

 


David Glubrecht 
 
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> The GF lives in Asheville, N.C. right now (moving to Texas in January), so I
> gave her the V8 to drive through the mountain winter when her last car gave
> up the ghost. New snow tires, recent transmission service, plugs, oil,
> topped up fluids plus bottles of extra.made sure the car would get her
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> She's not very in tune with cars, and told me a month or so ago that the
> brakes were getting mushy. I asked if they were stopping the car OK, if
> there were any lights on on the dash, and did she hear anything grinding?
> She said the brakes still worked, no lights, and no noise. I told her we'd
> get the car in for a brake job with a local Audi guy this week. She was to
> take it in Monday during lunch. This happened Monday morning ion her way to
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> Short story is that the front pads were GONE, and had been gone for a long
> time. She had metal-on-metal so long that she wore the rotors down all the
> way to the ribs. Pulled a piston out of a caliper, and she was toast. Pedal
> went straight to floor, she ran through three red-lights before she got her
> wits together enough to put the car into N, and sort of coast to a stop in a
> pile of landscape debris. She was quite understandably freaked.
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> I have not yet seen it, but the dildo at Firestone in Asheville told me the
> calipers were both destroyed, brake lines on one side are destroyed
> (probably by exiting debris) and the rotors worn clear through to the ribs
> on both sides. He then proceeded to tell me it would cost more to fix than
> the car was worth, so I should probably just get a new car since this one
> was so old. Oh, and this is a REALLY cool motor.
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> I have a guy I trust that is going to move the car back to the GF's house
> and inspect it. I'll know more then, but even though the dildo at Firestone
> is a.well, a dildo from Firestone, I asked very specific, targeted questions
> and got consistent answers. So my initial opinion is that I'm going to have
> to replace the entire front brake system.
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> She's getting a B5 2.8 30v A4Q. Nice and mild. J
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> From: rbade12 at aol.com [mailto:rbade12 at aol.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 4:58 PM
> To: bullrich at ullrichsys.com; V8 at audifans.com; 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: UFO Rotors and Calipers
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> Curious as to what kind of failure would necessitate replacement of the
> entire front brake system. 
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> UFO rotors are available from many sources, AutohausAZ comes to mind, about
> $160 a piece if I recall. Calipers are another deal, not sure where to get
> them other than The Marketplace or ebay. I've acquired a set that way for
> future use.
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> Changing to conventional brakes requires replacement of the entire strut
> assembly. The calipers would then have to sourced from ?, probably easy to
> find, rotors from ?, probably easy to find.
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> Tell us what happened.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian K. Ullrich <bullrich at ullrichsys.com>
> To: V8 at audifans.com; 200q20v at audifans.com
> Sent: Wed, Nov 4, 2009 2:17 pm
> Subject: UFO Rotors and Calipers
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> I'm sure this has been asked before, but I'll throw mine into the mix:
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