4ktq brake upgrade opinions

[Russ Maki]

Last fall my instructor at a BMWCCA school at Road America was Craig
Jones of Jones Motorsports Ltd. Craig has a very nice 4000tq,
outfitted, he says, with A4 calipers. I didn't get a close look at the
fabrication, but I did notice that he had 15-inch Speedline wheels on
the car.

Craig and his son run a tuning shop in Kenosha -- in fact, they're the
TAP distributor for the Upper Midwest.

Russ Maki
Ixonia, Wis.



> From: "Mark L. Chang" <mchang at ee.washington.edu>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: 4ktq brake upgrade opinions
>
> Wilwoods from RPI are okay, and fit under a 15" wheel I think. They
have
> flex issues under hard braking, and have no external dust seals, so
> therefore, they really aren't for "street" use, especially if you are
> planning on winter driving the car in the rust/salt belt.
>
> You could definitely fab your own bracketry to fit any caliper if you
> have a good machine shop to go to.
>
> Another option is to consider the Outlaw 4000 calipers. Gary K. I
think
> had a set of these guys on his 4ktq and seemed to enjoy the
performance.
>
> Otherwise, good pads are the first step.
>
> On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 04:50:26PM -0400 or thereabouts, Eddy Mattice
wrote:
> > Thought I would see what the collective wisdom had to say about
this...
> > Car is a 86 4ktq, h+r's w/bilstein sports, 15" speedlines 205/50r15
tires
> > about to have 3" exhaust and some extra boost... I am really trying
to avoid
> > swapping strut housings and everything... So is there any other
options for
> > good brks on this car... w/o spending huge amounts of money or
time???