RE: UFO Dump- was Torque Wrench Adapters

[John Firkins <firkins@eis.net.au>]

>Peter is right about swept area & unsprung weight, but not about "more 
>expensive braking systems".
>I replaced my UFO's with the stock 200/5000 brakes & run Cool Carbon 
>pads. Subjectively, this setup is better than the UFO/stock pad, but is 
>not the best possible. I changed them because of the 
>
As I was saying, before I accidently sent the first bit,... I changed 
them to reduce the servicing costs. In Oz, a front brake change on the 
UFO is  over $2,000 plus labor.  I went with  stock Audi parts because it 
was easy to have them certified as a legit mod to the car, thus avoiding  
any future hassle with the insurance company. It also enabled me to 
change over the brakes for less than the cost of the UFO rotors.

Certainly the AP setup, will produce a better braking  but the ongoing 
cost is likely to be equivelant to the UFO's. Those AP rotors are a work 
of art, they run cool & are light, but longevity is not what they were 
designed for.  I doubt that you'd get half the life using them vs a stock 
rotor.  If I was going in that direction, I'd be asking Eric about the 
rotors he planned (plans?) on using for his kit. He was talking about a 
$80 rotor, not AP at that price.

Cheers

John Firkins