[V8] inspected

[Kent McLean]

NIck Miller wrote:
> go on ahead and contact him on JFR.

I heard from Andy, who did the Mercedes-caliper, A8-rotor conversion on my V8.
His response:

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I am glad it is in the hands of a loving owner! If you have photos, I would love 
to see how she is these days.

we made 2 versions of the benz brakes 17" wheel version and a 16" wheel version. 
That v8 has the 16" version.

The 16" version uses a '98 S500 caliper and a8 rotors. We milled off the ufo 
mounting bracket; machined and welded on a new bracket. Kinda a permanent setup, 
but it could fit 16's for the winter so that was the goal.

The 17" version i had on my 20020vtqa. Used ufo housings, with a aluminum 
machined bolt on bracket. Had to grind a tiny bit to clear the 4 piston caliper. 
400 series benz caliper? We had to make .125" spacers the make the 2 peice 
caliper wider to fit the rotor. Rotor was maybe a euro a8? I sold those back in 
2006 to a v8q owner who is still rocking those today.

I never got a good photos on the ones you have, but i have good photo of the 
first generation.
http://westmotorsports.tripod.com/images/audi/brake%20kits/BBK-V1.jpg

i would love to make a smal production of brakes, Gene at westmotor sports and i 
made them. gene has always talked of selling these, but never did it even when 
we had guys asking. if i had a set of ufo housing again, i would recreate the 
setup, or even make them different.

I put g60's on my mk4 1.8t jetta, had to mod the rotors, but well worth it! I 
like doing what other say cant be done or not worth it. its always worth it in 
the end for a one off setup that no one runs, but always talks about.
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So, there you have it. It sounds like Andy is willing to make a run of brake
kits.  If you are *really* interested and ready to put up money, contact Andy, 
not me. :)  I CC'd him at hausofdub-at-gmail.com

-- 
Kent McLean
1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"