[s-cars] //S8: 0 - Mk1 ZO6: 1

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

How'd you bed them Mike?  I'm a fan of 2 Sets of 10 60-10 stops @ 80-90%
threshold braking with 10 minutes in between sets and after with NO
stopping during procedure. First set, poor bite, green fading occurring
around the 5th or 6th stop and slowly declining. Second set, first few
stops almost put you through the window, AMAZING bite, then again, 6th
stop or so green fading but did not continue to worsen. 

I have 'some' negligible squeal with too little pedal application, but I
can feather it out with my ankle.  And it was cold this a.m.  Granted
I've not got 15k on them yet, but they're thus far much better in feel /
performance than my Mintex Red, Textar, or OE //S8 pad(?).

Would depend on how they're used too, of course.  I brake late, hard,
brief, and rare 8-).  

One annoyance so far in is I'm getting a 'scuffing' sound I can hear off
barriers as I pass, goes away if I push pedal.  Suggestions to rid
appreciated.

There's a track gamer guy on AWD2 who ran a pad comp test on his //S8
(mit Alcon's mit 20" R compound - schwing), where anyone geek enough for
too much empirical data can surf - a wealth of info within:
http://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/81590.phtml.

HTH.

-Paul



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Fitton [mailto:rfitton at vt.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:22 PM
To: Taka Mizutani
Cc: Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK); s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] //S8: 0 - Mk1 ZO6: 1

I can answer that...

Installed roughly a year ago with Big Blacks, maybe 15k on them.  Dust: 
lots, but I think it's more rotor dust than pad dust.  Noise: lots, 
ear-splitting when they're colder.  Pedal feel: not as good as some but 
I think I might have some aging parts or air in the lines.  Change with 
heat: not much; maybe slightly grabbier and quieter.  Fade: zero after 
40 minutes of high speed heavy braking driving.  Rotor wear: haven't 
measured but guessing it's substantial.

-Cheers!
Mike