thanks to all who responded about pads (Brett Dikeman)

[Brett Dikeman]

On Tue, September 27, 2005 9:00 am, Michael, Dave wrote:
> Brett,
>
> A bit late, but:
>
> I am 90% sure that the brake pads from an BMW E36 M3 will fit UFOs - I
> saw the same cross reference somewhere. Do the UFO calipers use pads
> that have a 3 pronged clip that snaps into the piston? If so, that
> increases the likelihood that the above is true. If you want to swing by
> Newton sometime, I have my old pads that you can test fit.

They're approximately rectangular.  Outboard pad has a clip that retains
it with the end of the caliper; inside pad has two small bumps and one
large bump to locate it on the piston.

Inside (piston side) pad is 100MM wide at the outside, shrinks to about
97mm towards the inside, and is ~58MM dead center.  Outboard pad is 100mm
even, and about 56mm.

Paul Royal worked at Bavarian and I believe he went through their
application book a while back looking for anything even remotely similar,
but couldn't find it.  I believe the UFO pads are uncharacteristically
square.

Brett