[V8] thanks to all who responded about pads
Brett Dikeman
brett at cloud9.net
Mon Sep 26 22:18:11 EDT 2005
My plea resulted in a number of replies, and I'd like to thank
(hopefully in good jest!) all those who did:
-Paul Royal for making the rounds with his connections
-SuffD for being "most enterprising" for offering up a set of, um,
"used" pads for the bounty ;-)
-Mark Rosenkrantz for winning "most creative solution" (but in all
honesty, I was having similar ideas :-)
-Peter Schulz for listening to me whine
-Louis_Alain_Richard Wins_The_Best_Research_Effort_Award ;-)
-Name Omitted (cousin of Toprotect DaInnocent) wins the "made me
giggle the most" when he asked me if I thought 200q20v's would be
competitive in SCCA racing. I don't think so, but I'd pay to watch! ;-)
-Tom @ Hawk for doing research on the 'inside' to see if there was
anything they could do, even going so far as to look up some big
names in Audi tuning to be helpful (knew 'em, of course- but he
really went out of his way, and I was impressed- especially compared
to the attitude of the Carbotech guys.)
Last but not least...Nathan Engelbert, for telling me Porterfield
makes pads for V8q's and hence 200q20vs, in pretty much all their
compounds. Ding, we have a winner- especially since the part number
is similar to the FMSISISFMSWTF number, Porterfield drop-ships, etc
etc. A set of R4's are on the way, and some stock pads for the ride
up and back (and backup in case the R4's don't cut the cheese.)
Anyway, I will report back with experiences with the R4's. If anyone
is interested in getting Hawk compounds on UFO plates, drop me a
note- Tom said he'd ask around on the sales side to see if they'd do
it. If you can, include which compound(s) you'd be interested in.
Again, thanks to all who responded!
Brett
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