[s-cars] BIRA vs Big Red (ECS2, etc)

[Fred Munro]

Taka;

My pedal feel improves when I rebuild the rear calipers (clean & lube
once/year) and slowly deteriorates from there. The 996 calipers will
definitely improve feel because it eliminates the flex in the front
calipers. I guess the ultimate in feel would be with fixed caliper rears as
well!


Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: TM [mailto:t44tq at mindspring.com]
Sent: August 3, 2004 8:54 PM
To: 'Fred Munro'; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] BIRA vs Big Red (ECS2, etc)


Fred-
Do you think that the rear brake "slop" has that much to do with
the pedal feel?

My pedal feel improved noticeably when changing from UFOs to 996
monoblock
calipers.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Munro [mailto:munrof at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 1:20 PM
To: TM; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] BIRA vs Big Red (ECS2, etc)


Yes, Taka, I think a good part of the "soft" pedal on our cars is spent
in taking up "slop" in the caliper systems. A part of this can be
alleviated by using the parking brake regularly - that keeps the "slop"
in the rear calipers at a minimum.

Fred