Re: UFO brakes

["Dave Puterbaugh" <deputer@email.msn.com>]

UFO brakes use a caliper that is mounted close to the axle and the rotor
drops into it.  The advantage is that there is more swept surface area with
a 15" rim.  The disadvantage is that they tend to shimmy on light braking,
and are expensive as hell to service.  I have had them on both my 1991 200
20v's and I like 'em!!!!  If you can put up with some brake shimmy, you will
like them also, because when you hammer them, the car slows down right away.

Dave Puterbaugh
-----Original Message-----
From: John Cassidy/Sallyann Mulcahy <jcasidy@uswest.net>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Friday, March 12, 1999 9:32 AM
Subject: UFO brakes


>   I've been a quattro fan for 12 years now, and have just stumbled onto
>your get together here.  I am in the market for a '91 200tq.  What is
>all this talk about UFO brakes?  From what I can gather, you don't want
>them.  How do you tell if they are on  a perspective vehicle, and if
>they are...then what?  I appreciate your attention!
>John Cassidy
>'90cq
>'84 4ksq
>''80 5kt
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