[V8] UFO US

[Tony and Lillie]

Scott,

I misunderstood that at first as well, thinking you were saying only '91 
V8's got the UFO's (in addition to the 91 200 20V).

Either way, I'll have to add to your coment on the braking performance. I've 
mentioned this before, with Mintex red box pads, Brembo rotors on my 1991 
G60 V8 (converted long before I ever owned it) and 225/50/16" Kumho's, it 
stopped in 120 feet from 60mph. Plenty impressive for me. That said, from 80 
or above the stopping got pretty mediocre at best, this was with the factory 
brake ducts installed as well.

And, I immediately turned around and retested from 60, second stop was 
175ft. The pedal feel was already getting bad enough I did not want to try 
another. Pretty weak brakes on a 4000lb sports sedan IMO.

I'd much prefer the UFO's on my car,
Tony

----- Original Message ----- 
Subject: Re: [V8] UFO US
>
> Thanks for your input, I guess it's not easy to always read text as 
> intended....  That said, I hope some find the information I posted (with 
> noted exceptions) useful in understanding the history, application, 
> concept and reasoning behind the UFO brake setup.  Audi's UFO brake 
> engineering got a bad rap in the states unnecessarily, just like the 
> leftover bad rap american diesels have given that technology for almost as 
> many decades....