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[Steve Powers]

Larry -

> From what I recall from my engineering days, that kind of
> failure is caused by bending moments (i.e. torque cause
> by the caliper following disk flexure). This is truely an
> alarming form of failure, as this is pretty typical types of
> loads on a carrier. Glad I'm dispensing with my ECS
> alloy brakets and going to the steel replacements.

I went with the RS2 brackets (and 993TT calipers) from the beginning,
knowing that only Audi and Porsche would have the engineering
resources to properly develop a brake caliper carrier. None of BIRA,
ECS or even StopTech have the technology, experience or deep pockets
to make sure the job gets done right.

That said, I am running BIRA hats w/ 993TT rotors. In my estimation
there is much less risk with a hat failure than with a caliper bracket
failure. My fallback would always be the A8/S8 rotors.

sp