[urq] Ur-S4 / V8 Ufo brakes

[Stephen Redford]

---Thanks !!    I needed that !!      :)))      I Still have to Remember to "Google"  things  !!! ...       

--- There is one more thing, Where do I go to get / learn , Which Car & model & Year,    goes with What designation ?     Re;   Audi (model)Year  = A ?  or B ?  , Etc  Platform ...     from my Car, "85Urq to the present Audi's ...   Some conversations revolve around the Platform , A , B  , etc.  rather than just the Year / model  and it just goes "over my head which cars are being talked about  .     Thanks again for the help,            ...Stephen H.  "85Urq (?platform)     

On Jun 11, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Ed Kellock wrote:

> 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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> Stephen H.R.
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