Re: S4 brakes? Wilwood Quality

["Daniel Hussey" <dan_hussey@email.msn.com>]

Hey Daniel,

Just got off the phone with a friend last night who has the Wilwood brakes
that you mention from RPI and says they are amazing.  Much cheaper
alternative than just about anything else on the market.  Porsche's Big Reds
are more than that for just front calipers.  A lot more.  This kit is a good
deal.

Only downside is they have to be rebuilt every year.  Not a big deal....
easy to do and cheap too.  Basically just replacing the piston seals.  Do it
every year when you bleed out brakes and put in new fluid (although you
might do this more than once annually).

Later,
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Harman <dharman@sprynet.com>
To: quattro@audifans.com <quattro@audifans.com>; 1point8T@onelist.com
<1point8T@onelist.com>; a4@onelist.com <a4@onelist.com>
Date: Sunday, August 15, 1999 4:44 PM
Subject: S4 brakes? Wilwood Quality


>I know that the S4 and TTs both use new 12.8" 2 piston brakes. Aren't
>two pistons a low number for such high performance brakes? How do they
>provide so much stopping power? Will they be available for aftermarket
>(i.e. for an A4.)
>
>Also, if you read European Car or MaxSpeed you have seen RPI's A4. It is
>a lot like mine, and I was impressed by the brakes it is equipped with.
>They sell for $800 and include:
>
>-2 Brembo 11" Drilled Rotors
>-2 Goodridge Brake Lines
>-2 Metal-Matrix (or Carbon-Metalic, I forget which) Pads
>-2 Wilwood 4 piston calipers
>
>To me that seems pretty cheap concidering RPI's prices.
>
>200 for the discs
>100 for the lines
>150 for the pads
>
>That leaves 350 for the calipers, isn't that rather inexpensive for
>calipers? I haven't heard much about Wilwood's, are they any good? Would
>you think this to be a suitable package for an A4?
>
>Thanks again,
>
>Dan
>99 A4 1.8TQMS K04 Santorin
>
>PS. I know I wrote three messages in a few minutes, but it is raining
>and with not much else to do,  I am trying to get my upgrades in order.
>Please forgive my lack of knowledge and a life (while it's raining that
>is...)
>