[s-cars] Cracked Big Brake Brackets - ECS Stage 2

[Eric Phillips]

Well, Igor, I said almost exactly that in response to this particular
subject on a different mailing list, and the list owner got so pissed
off that he nuked me off the list.

I'm glad that there are people more knowledgable than I who can see
the logic in my reasoning.  For a little while, I wondered if my
concerns were off-base, because I do tend to worry about things that
shouldn't be worrisome.

While I think that sometimes Audi over-engineers stuff, I would prefer
over-engineering in the brakes, to under-engineering.  And the brakes
we got stock with these cars are under-engineered, IMO. Which is why
we even have these discussions, right?

The the brakes that came with the cars would have been appropriate for
a 230HP, 2-ton sedan/avant, then we wouldn't have to go out in search
of a fix!

Eric

On 10/23/06, Igor Kessel <KBATPO at comcast.net> wrote:
> Eric Phillips wrote:
> > Guys:
> >
> > I think that it's a design flaw - due to *materials choice*.
>
> Precisely! The RS2 brackets are beefy pieces of hardware made out of Cd
> plated steel. I personally would not trust two small pieces of Aluminium
> to combat the sheer stress of the tremendous moment of inertia exerted
> by a 2 tonne whale of a car that the UrS is.