[s-cars] 16" Avus wheels and ECS Stage 3

[Taka Mizutani]

You guys are making way too much hay about this- do a stud conversion and
get some 5mm hubcentric spacers from H&R- problem solved.

Getting a Boxster caliper and appropriately sized rotor is not going to
improve your braking significantly, if at all- the pedal feel will improve
over a sliding caliper brake setup, but your stopping power is going to be
significantly less. I've driven UrS cars with the Boxster setup- not
impressive at all. My 200q with 320mm rotors and 996 calipers was much, much
better, as are the 993tt setups that I've driven on an UrS.

Taka


On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have the ECS Stage 3 kit and the winter set up is on the 6 spoke Avus'.
> There is no need for H+R spacers, as axial clearance isn't that tight. *
> Radial* clearance at the beveled ends of the calipers IS credit card
> thickness tight, however. IF gravel or anything got caught between the
> wheel
> and caliper it won't be pretty. If you must winter, the slightly smaller
> diameter A8 rotor (several Stage II kits use 'em) might provide the extra
> peace of mind. I haven't tried the Stage 2 kits, but I'd venture a guess in
> street driving there'd be little appreciable difference in performance with
> ANY gain in caliper clearance being worth the trade-off.
>
> Just my $0.02
>
> LL - NY
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 5:50 AM, J3 <jay003 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I am considering purchasing the ECS Stage 3 brake kit for my 95.5 S6. My
> > stock set up is ready for new rotors and pads so I wanted to get some
> > better
> > braking.
> > My snows are the stock 16" Avus 6 spoke wheels. Will I have any problems
> > mounting this kit with the stock 16" wheels? I searched the archives and
> it
> > seems that they will fit as long as the weights are the clip on kind.
> >
> > Any things else I should know or consider?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jay Desmarais
> >
> > 1995.5 S6
> > Burlington, VT
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