[s-cars] Brake Kits Revisited

[Mark Strangways]

Maybe I baby them too much then :)

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Mendel" <Brucem105 at comcast.net>
To: "Mark Strangways" <Strangconst at rogers.com>; "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 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Brake Kits Revisited


> 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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