[s-cars] Brake Kits Revisited

[Bruce Mendel]

They crack too......lots of small stress cracks emanating outwards from the
holes.

Bruce
Brake meltdown specialist
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Strangways" <Strangconst at rogers.com>
To: "Joe Pizzimenti" <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>; "Greg Johnson"
<gregsj2 at comcast.net>
Cc: "Chris Holinger" <cholinger at mac.com>; "S Cars" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Brake Kits Revisited


> Maybe right, except for the cast in place holes of the 993 Porsche rings.
>
> Mark S
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Pizzimenti" <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
> To: "Greg Johnson" <gregsj2 at comcast.net>
> Cc: "Chris Holinger" <cholinger at mac.com>; "S Cars"
<s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Brake Kits Revisited
>
>
> And the slotted will warp right about when the drilled will crack.
>
> Pick your preferred method of failure.
>
> Pizzo
> Brake novice extraordinaire, but with both cracking and warping
experience.
>
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:14:44 -0700, Greg Johnson <gregsj2 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> > Chris,
> >
> > 1.  BIRA's Sys 3 brackets are specifically designed to properly fit a
> > Porsche 996/Boxter S monobloc caliper over a EuroA8 Audi rotor.   Hence,
> > they do *not* fit into a 993TT equation.
> >
> > 2.  Get the slotted only rotors.  The drilled holes will only crack over
> > time.
> >
> > Greg J
> > BIRA.ORG
> >
> > Chris Holinger wrote, in part:
> >
> > >Finally going to to pull the trigger on the ECS Stage 2 kit which
> includes:
> > >³Four piston Porsche 993TT calipers with custom mounting brackets
wrapped
> > >around 12.4"(314x30) OEM one piece rotors. Complete kits include all
> > >mounting hardware, Porsche fasteners, Hawk HPS (high performance
street)
> > >pads, OEM slotted and cadmium coated rotors, stainless lines and ATE
> Super
> > >Blue.²  Here are my concerns:
> > >1. I have the BIRA system 3 brackets; does this fit into the equation?
> If
> > >so, where?
> > >2. There is no price difference between the slotted and the slotted &
> > >drilled rotors included in the kit, why not go for both slotted &
> drilled?
> > >Is there an argument against drilled rotors?
> > >
> >
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