UFO brakes?

[TM]

Mike,
G60 in the context of an Audi are the Girling 60 twin-piston calipers,
using a 276mm brake disc. These cars use a 5x112 bolt pattern and have
nothing in common brake wise to the VW Corrado G60, where the G60
refers to the supercharger.

AFAIK, there are no OEM VW 4-piston calipers, so you must be referring
to either the Wilwood or the Outlaw kits that you see advertised in
European Car.

If you have the brake conversion done on the V8, your best bet is to
contact Greg Amy at BIRA and order up a System 3- UrS bracket set and
the appropriate parts after joining BIRA.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Michael D. Lindner
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:55 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: UFO brakes?


Whoops, accidentally sent this straight to Kneale.  Sorry!

Here is another question.  The V8 I am purchasing has been converted to G60
brakes, which I am assuming is VW Corrado 10.1" discs.  There is an upgrade
bolt-on kit for VW 10.1" brakes which takes the disc up to an 11" and also
provides four-piston calipers.  I don't recall who makes this kit but I
think that there are at least two manufacturers.  Does anyone know if it is
possible to apply this kit to a V8 that has had the G60 brake conversion,
provided they also switch over to the required larger 16" rims?

Thanks,

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: "Michael Gough" <mdg3369 at mac.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: UFO brakes?


> UFO's are internal caliper brake rotors as seen
> at:   http://catalog.exist.ru/pic/parts/VAG11494.gif
>
> They were Audi's answer to providing increased braking surface within the
> confines of 15-inch wheels, which were the most common wheel size for
> performance tires when the V8 and 200q20vt cars were developed.  They're
> called UFO's because the rotors look something like the popular image for
> flying saucers.
>
>
> At 05:35 PM 10/08/2001 -0700, Michael Gough wrote:
>
> >Hey list,
> >I've heard this refrence a bunch of times, and now I want to know what
UFO
> >brakes are. How are they different from "normal" brakes. Can anyone shed
> >some light on this?
> >Thanks
> >Mike
> >
> >
> >
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