[urq] Ur-S4 / V8 Ufo brakes

[Chris Miller]

http://ranwhenparked.net/2009/11/17/what-lies-beneath-audi-ufo-brakes/

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Chris Miller, Brewster and Bolton, MA  c1j1miller at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
To: 'Stephen Redford' <shr42 at msn.com>; 'Mike Sylvester' <mike at urq20v.com>
Cc: 'audifans urq' <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 11, 2013 9:59 pm
Subject: Re: [urq] Ur-S4 / V8 Ufo brakes


It's an internal caliper brake design. They look like UFO space ships from
the early sci-fi movie days.

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=aNW3UePRM4ioyAHLs
4DYCw&ved=0CEkQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=687&q=ufo%20brakes

Ed
 


-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of Stephen Redford
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 7:42 PM
To: Mike Sylvester
Cc: audifans urq
Subject: Re: [urq] Ur-S4 / V8 Ufo brakes



--- Would someone please enlighten me (if possible) ?   What does UFO stand
for ? What brakes are they ??      TIA,      ...Stephen H.  '85Urq  with
G60's (im told)



On Jun 11, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Mike Sylvester wrote:

> I had them on my '91 200q20v avant and I thought they were great. I 
> never had any warping issues. They are however expensive if you need 
> to replace the rotors.
> 
> Mike Sylvester
> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [urq] Ur-S4 / V8 Ufo brakes
>> From: "Patrick Carlier" <p.carlier at pandora.be>
>> Date: Tue, June 11, 2013 1:08 pm
>> To: "'audifans urq'" <urq at audifans.com>
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Guy's , does anyone have experiance
>> with the (in) famous UFO frontbrakes , used on the V8 and urS4 
>> audi's ? 
>> 
>> Got myself an S4 donor today , and to my surprise it has brand 
>> new front UFO brakes . Thought they were V8 an audi 200-3B only .   
>> Not that I intend to try and use them on the ur-q , but as usual I'de 
>> like to
>> know a bit more . 
>> From what I've been told , they're not the best in the world , they warp
easily and 
>> are friggin expensive . 
>> 
>> Pat
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