RE: G60 brake upgrades?

["Bruce Bell" <bbell04@ibm.net>]

Data point: According to Bentley (I was looking this up for another lister
this morning) the front hubs on an S4/S6 are 16mm thicker which will move
the rotor that much further away from the strut housing. Interestingly the
rears are 5mm narrower than the 6 cyl cars.

Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
[mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of DeWitt Harrison
Sent: Friday, November 13, 1998 3:50 PM
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: Re: G60 brake upgrades?

A slight tangent: to what degree, are the front struts of the
5ktq/200tq/'91 200tq/V8/S4 interchangeable? My current plans
for fiddling with the front end involve using a spacer to move
(1) wider tires away from the steering arm and (2) wheels away
from bigger calipers. A better solution would be a strut swap of
some kind which would accomplish these things properly.
Any thoughts?

DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:37:20 -0800, John Karasaki wrote:
>According to Sportwheels, the A8 rotors are a direct swap for the A4 rotors
>and they sell the mounting bracket to move the caliper out accordingly.
>
>I have a pair of A8 rotors sitting in my garage.  Going from memory, the A8
>rotors are 312mm x 25.4 mm.  I can measure them again if anyone wants exact
>dimensions.
>
>I can attest that they are a direct fit on the 5ktq and the V8 with S4
>strut/hub assemblies.
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