[V8] UFO brakes at Audi

Bastian Homburg b.homburg at web.de
Sun Jan 4 02:51:48 PST 2009


you may have a point there. All my UFO-equipped Audis were and are 
manuals, too.
Audi expressly said the UFO rotors should not be resurfaced, anyway.



urq wrote:
> ... me three and four ... I've got two cars with UFOs and I've never had a
> complaint with the quality of the braking.  The difference between my cars
> and those of most others is that they are manual transmission cars, so they
> don't sit at stop lights with the brakes applied ... I realize that all the
> '91 200Qs had manual trannies too, not sure what the difference between the
> V8 and 200Q was ... 
>
> I remember when I met John Karasaki at Thunderhill once ... I let him take
> old #344 for a run on the roads around the area (I wasn't enrolled in the
> event).  John told me that the difference in the overall feel in the UFO vs.
> the G-60s was quite noticeable, and his preference was for the UFOs.  The
> only maintenance I've needed was replacing pads and rotors when they reach
> their wear limit.  For better or worse I've never had the UFOs turned when I
> did the pad replacement ... but then I've been known to just replace pads if
> the rotors are worn smoothly ... 
>
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