[s-cars] Front brake research continues...

[Eric Phillips]

On 2/8/06, djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hmmm... I challenge anyone to blindly get into 2 cars... one equipped with
> "big reds" and the other equipped with monoblocks... drive them, and then
> report on which one is having "caliper flex" problems.  I guess this may
> matter on some GT2 Porsche... but on our primarily street use S-cars, I
> doubt it.

I have read some folks complaining about it - it might be one of those
"track-only" issues.

> That being said... it seems like the most reasonably priced solution is RS2
> adapters, late A8 rotors, and a set of big reds.  RS2 adapter replicas...
> $100.  A pair of new big reds used to be about $560 (don't know the current
> rate).  A pair of A8 rotors (323x30), about $200.  $860 to have big brakes
> seems pretty reasonable to me.

I don't think that set-up fits under 16" Avus wheels, does it?  It has
to, because I'm not about to buy another $1000+ of wheels and tires on
top of a front brake upgrade.  The family comptroller would have some
serious kittens.  :)

Thanks for the info, however - I'll add that to the mix.

Eric