[V8] $30 for THIS?! - Friction Pads Worth More by Weight than Gold

[daves745t at optonline.net]

Amen. But I gotta wonder if there are any patents on this part b/c even though the market is narrow (are these friction pads exclusive to the V8Q?) somebody could make them for a buck, sell them for $15 and everyone would be happy.  Someone told me it was made of Deltrin or Deltran (sp?)?
-DaveM

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremy Ward <jward at mti-interactive.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:54 am
Subject: Re: [V8] $30 for THIS?! - Friction Pads Worth More by Weight than Gold

> Just keep telling yourself the cost of *not* having that $30 part 
> is over $1k.  Just ask a couple of the guys here whose mechanics 
> left out this small part and toasted their 'brand new' timing 
> belts (and valves, and...)
> 
> :-)
> 
> - Jeremy
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com <v8-bounces at audifans.com>
> To: Audifans V8 <V8 at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wed Jan 26 06:49:01 2005
> Subject: [V8] $30 for THIS?! - Friction Pads Worth More by Weight 
> than Gold
> 
> So I had to special order a friction pad and picked it up at a 
> local dealership. When the guy came out with it my immediate 
> reaction was, "Hang on a sec', I think you ordered the wrong 
> part."  He was holding a ziplock bag with a black, round piece of 
> plastic literally smaller than a dime that was a little over a 
> quarter of an inch long with a hole in the middle and two sides 
> squared off.  The bag was marked with the part number but I still 
> wasn't convinced. So I had him look it up again and show me the 
> part on the ETK before I agreed that it was in fact a friction pad 
> and forked over my money.  If I had a scale that could weigh it, I 
> guarantee by weight it would be one of the most valuable objects 
> on earth. 
> 
> I walked back to my car and just stared at it, then I went home 
> and actually took a pic or two of it, saying to myself that this 
> could not cost more than a nickel to make.  If you've never seen 
> one, I don't know whether you should - it is better to think that 
> it is some sizable, substantial piece of super-material built to 
> withstand the hellish environment of an engine. Unbelievable - I 
> just had to vent and this seemed like the best place.
> 
> DaveM
> 
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