[s-cars] Rear brake saga - The Questions have Ended!

[Eric Phillips]

On 2/23/06, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Eric Phillips <gcmschemist at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'll try it with the fronts.  And I suppose I could do it with the
> > clutch as well.  I'm still a little lost on where the brake line hooks
> > up to the caliper on my Big Reds.  It's not obvious from just looking
> > at the caliper.  And I'm guessing I'll need to have custom from lines
> > made for the thing.
>
> you haven't gotten an answer to that yet?

I know - after all those damn brake questions, who can keep track???

Heh.

> look for a small hole on the inboard side of the caliper near the bottom.
> it takes a 1/8 NPT male fitting.  that's where the brake hose attaches.
> there may be a plug (plastic or metal) in there right now to keep the
> dirt out.

Ahhh, OK.  And in typical German fashion, it may just look like any
other structural fastener.  OK, I'll look when I get to work tomorrow.

I noticed that ECS sells a pair of plain OEM A8 323x30 rotors for
$180.  I haven't called yet about cad plating/slotting, but I'm
planning on it.  I can't imagine that it's going to cost much for
those add-ons.  Considering I spent $160 on plated/slotted rears from
them, I don't suppose that's too bad a deal.  Pads, pad dampeners,
lines, then I'm set.  If I'm lucky, I'll get away on all this for a
shade over $1k.  Not too bad, I'm thinkin'.  Next up - chip and WG
spring.  ;)

Eric