Re: A8 Front Brakes on an 80?

[OorQue@aol.com]

>  I'm going to suggest going with better pads and fresh fluids.  Those
>  usually make a good amount of difference.

If you're at the point of considering other options and are willing to 
consider some minor fab work, there are quite a few good OEM calipers out 
there that can be adapted to your car without too much work ... $300 should 
buy you a pair of calipers from a late-model Nissan 300ZX or Mazda RX-7, 
Infiniti Q45, Porsche 944 turbo, ad infinitum.  Not as good as a pair of Big 
Reds but with maybe another $200 for the machine work to adapt them to fit 
and a fresh set of rotors, not too awful bad, either, and significantly 
cheaper.

JG (who has two full sets of 944T calipers in the garage waiting to be 
reassigned to another car from Germany...)