[s-cars] OEM European Brakes from a S4tt

[Mark Strangways]

I have upgraded to the BIRA Sys 6 for UrS4 / UrS6 they work great.
They may be a bit more pricey right now, but the leg work is done. The hats
and brackets are proven, and you get the nice big red Porsche rotors outta
it.
I think the S4tt calipers hang on the opposite side of the rotors causing
some bleeding problems. Since (as I read somewhere) theses use staggered
sized pistons, swapping from left to right will get you poor wearing brake
pads.

Mark S

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Douglas" <quattro20v at telus.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>; <birabrakes at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 11:44 PM
Subject: [s-cars] OEM European Brakes from a S4tt


> What would it take to adapt the Girling floating calipers from a S4tt to
> our UrS4/S6s? Browsing through the euro ETKA, it appears that the S4tt
> uses the same calipers as the euro-spec AAN S4/S6. The rotors spec'd for
> the euro-spec AAN is 314 x 30 mm.
>
> What I'm not sure of is that the offset (hat) is probably different and
> an adapter bracket may have to be fabricated.
>
> Assuming a bracket could be made, would it not be possible to pick up a
> used set of calipers from a wrecked S4tt, buy euro-spec rotors and
> install it on the North American-spec AAN? Has anyone attempted this or
> researched it? It seems to be a cost effective solution that is the next
> best thing to an OEM euro-spec.
>
> I guess the other option would be to purchase a euro-spec wheel bearing
> housing (struts) and use that. But this is obviously more expensive and
> time consuming because of the re-re of all the bits and pieces.
>
> Just tossing an idea out.
>
> Sean
>
> Sean Douglas
> 1997 Audi S6
> 1990 Audi 90Q20V
> Surrey, BC
> Canada
>
> _______________________________________________
> S-CAR-List mailing list
> S-CAR-List at audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list