[s-cars] Upgrading stock UrS brakes

[Jared Robinson]

Well, until I can afford Porsche Boxster brakes or something cool, I think
I'll just flush the system and upgrade the lines.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:00 PM, <mtgadbois at aol.com> wrote:

> Jared,
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> Let's try this again.
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> FWIW I don't like ATE Blue - with my old '84 911 Carerra I never could get a pedal that I liked.
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> And that car was tracked somewhat often.  What I did use was LMA Dot4.  I believe the name has
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> changed and now its just Vavoline Dot 4.
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> It's been sometime since I did it but the newer Porsche brakes are a worthwhile upgrade.  I went with Boxster S
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> brakes over 312mm x 30mm rotors.  The adaptors are a one off custom grind so I can not direct you to a vendor.
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> My brake lines are just OEM rubber and they work quite well.  This combination fits under the 16" Avus rims.
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> Good luck,
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> Mark near Chicago
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> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:51:37 -0400
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> From: Jared Robinson <chapel976 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [s-cars] Upgrading stock UrS brakes
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> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> So, my brakes suck in my UrS.
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> as much as I want to put Porsche brakes and whatnot on it so I can slam my
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> face into the windshield every time I stab the pedal... I don't have that
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> kinda dough.
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> My biggest gripe is the uber-mushy pedal.
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> I have some Goodridge lines sitting in the trunk waiting to go in.
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> I was planning on doing those and a full brake flush with Ate Super Blue or
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> Gold (same shit, different color) unless someone knows of anything better.
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> I've been using Super Blue since 1999 and never really thought to look at
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> any other DOT4 fluids.
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> My front brakes were done last year with the Blauparts stock front brake
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> kit. I think the rears are probably due though.
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> this is the kit that was installed by the previous owner.:
> http://www.blauparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D2B1102-D
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> What kind of pads do you guys like in the G60 calipers in these big heavy
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> cars?
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> I'd like good immediate stopping performance. I don't mind a little fade as
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> I don't plan on back to back emergency stops. I don't race the car so I
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> don't want something that needs heat in them to work (especially come
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> winter)
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> And of course, any other upgrades I can do on the stock system would be nice
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> too.
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> With my old E30, the best upgrade I ever did was put the 25mm master
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> cylinder from a 750i into it.
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> bled with Ate Blue, no stainless lines and used EBC Red pads on it... the
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> pedal was ROCK solid and once the Reds had a little heat into them, the car
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> stopped like nothing else.
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> So, any suggestions are welcome.
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> Thanks
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> _________________
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> Jared Robinson
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Jared Robinson