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

[Mark Strangways]

Everything "Flows"...
Steel does, so does concrete...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Igor Kessel" <KBATPO at comcast.net>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>; <StrangConst at rogers.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Cracked Big Brake Brackets - ECS Stage 2


> Folks,
> two more considerations against Aluminium in the bracket application:
> 1. Aluminium "flows", steel doesn't
> 2. Any aircraft will get retired after a certain number of flown hours. 
> Simply put, rivets don't hold it together too well after some time due 
> to fatigue, manifested in Aluminium flow and cracking.
> 
> -- 
> Igor Kessel
> two turbo quattros
>