[V8] V8Q v. 200 TQ brakes

[Kneale Brownson]

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The G60's worked fine on the 5K cars.  The 200 cars are heavier and the
G60's probably are at their max.  The V8's are heavier yet, and the G60's
are appropriate only if you expect to remain WITHIN legal speed limits in
the US of Slow.


At 10:18 PM 01/22/2002 -0500, Kent McLean wrote:

>The '90 V8 Quattro I'm looking at had its UFOs converted to
>G60s by the dealer years ago. The G60s stop the car straight,
>no pulsing in the pedal, no grabbing. But compared to the
>brakes in my '89 200 TQ (218K miles), the V8 pedal doesn't
>seem as firm, and it goes closer to the floor before it starts
>to slow the car down. It "stops" with the pedal maybe an inch
>or two above the floor. The "bomb" was recently replaced.
>
>Is this normal?
>Are the G60 brakes weaker than the brakes in a 200?
>Is the pedal fell "mushier"?
>Or is it just the extra weight of the V8 making them
>seem that way?
>
>Thank you for your consideration.
>
>Kent McLean
>'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy"
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