Re: UFO rotors

[ekellock@juno.com]

Tires play a role too.  I'd bet the S4, had the best tires of the three
tests you mentioned.

Ed Kellock
Greenville, SC  USA
91 200q Avant
87 Coupe GT

On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 00:27:37 -0800 (PST) "James A. Desveaux"
<desveaux@ucla.edu> writes:
>Okay, without disputing any statements on the list regarding the 
>superiority
>of UFOs from a physics perspective, or the fact that they feel better, 
>it is
>curious to me that R&T's test of the '91 200Q in Nov or Dec '90 listed 
>the
>minimum stopping distance for the car from 80mph at 252 ft.  For the 
>'90
>V8Q, that distance was a bit shorter, around 246 ft, I think.  In the 
>June
>'92 R&T, they have the S4 stopping (with G60s) from 80 mph at 247 ft.  
>I'd
>be amazed if R&T didn't drive cars with the factory pads installed, 
>probably
>jurids for the G60s, and whatever they use for the UFOs.  THe rear 
>brakes
>for all three cars are virtually identical, 10.6" rotors with 
>essentially
>the same caliper.  Yet these test show the braking difference to be
>negligible, if at all.  Are there other tests showing different 
>results,
>that more clearly favor UFOs?
>
>- Jim
>