[s-cars] BIRA System 6

[Eric Phillips]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Eric Phillips <gcmschemist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As a matter of materials, I personally do not like the use of aluminum
>> as brake bracket material.
>
> "Aluminum" isn't specific enough.  There is a large difference between
> plain aluminum and the various alloys, whether they're tempered or
> not...never mind the quality of the material.
>
> I think untempered basic aluminum has a tensile yield that is half or
> less of PVC...

That's why I mention "aluminum alloys" elsewhere in my post.

And why I mention that aluminum *can be* engineered properly for the
application.  Whether it is or not is a question, and in the case of
ECS and StopTech, the answer to the question is "No".

As for BIRA?  I don't know.  Which is why I bought actual Audi parts
for the application.

Eric