[V8] Re: UFO Brake Conversion

[QuickAudi at aol.com]

FWIW, I wanted to weigh in with a quick response.  I would have actually said that I wanted to changed from UFOs to a BIRA (not G60) system, but I might stay with the UFOs.  I had been thinking that they were taking too long to slow my car, but today I made her stand on her nose.  I'd been driving on a country road back to a park at a high rate of speed and was going to throw it into a drift to turn into the park when I saw a truck coming up to pull out of said park.  Well, I pressed the brake pedal down and she definitely stopped.  I think that is a thing that you have to know, at least with my V8: slamming on the brakes is a waste; press your foot to the floor.  I don't know why it works better, but it does.  It might have something to do with the "twisting" of the UFO part of the rotor or something, but maybe the initial bite helps to stabilize it, and when you press (hard!) it stops (hard!!).  Again, maybe this is my imagination, but that seems to be her manner.  



Joel
'90 V8q
'86 5kcstq