StopTech to Brembo Switch (Alcon comparo as well)
09-05-2006, 09:45 PM
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I think you will be fine.
I expect you to check your brakes, and maybe even clean them regularly. But consider this when buying next set.
You and I know that we like our StopTechs, and we both got help from them. At the same time they have been far from trouble free. I do not know if Brembos will or will not be trouble free. But time will tell.
On a side note, PFC97 > PFC01 unless you are racing in GT. PFC97 is still my favorite track pad. Will try somethign else with Brembos, maybe Ferodo DS1.11.
You and I know that we like our StopTechs, and we both got help from them. At the same time they have been far from trouble free. I do not know if Brembos will or will not be trouble free. But time will tell.
On a side note, PFC97 > PFC01 unless you are racing in GT. PFC97 is still my favorite track pad. Will try somethign else with Brembos, maybe Ferodo DS1.11.
09-05-2006, 09:57 PM
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too bad i only had 1 track day on the PFC 97. definitely my favs too. wonder if they make them for
the Alcons . . . ;-)
09-05-2006, 10:04 PM
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i'm ashamed to be a marketer . . .
09-06-2006, 06:46 AM
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wow, i would have thought it'd be making some noise w/ the loose bolts. this post was somewhat
prescient in the thread about your caliper adapter issue.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/brakes/msgs/853.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/brakes/msgs/853.phtml</a></li></ul>
09-06-2006, 07:39 AM
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Re: that new hat design
Even with the addition of the jet nuts, I still didn't like it and made one minor modification.
As I originally mentioned in <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/brakes/msgs/853.phtml">The Link</a>, the steel M6 fasteners were permanently "welded" in place because of Al-Fe galvanic corrosion. Well ... the new hats are still threaded, or they still were about a year ago. You screw the M6 fastener thru the rotor into the hat and then retain it with the jet nut (for insurance against a <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/lrqc/msgs/81238.phtml">WindyCityS4 Type Failure</a>). The problem is that the steel M6 fastener is still going to get welded to the hat, and installing a new rotor is a royal PITA when the fasteners snap off in the hat.
My modification: I reversed the fastener. I screwed new M6 socket head cap screws into the hat from the outside, torqued them to 8 ft-lb, dropped the rotor over the threaded portion of the screws, and then installed the jet nuts. Here in my winter salt climate, it'll still be impossible to remove those M6 fasteners, but now you don't have to. When it comes time to replace a worn rotor, just remove the jet nuts.
As I originally mentioned in <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/brakes/msgs/853.phtml">The Link</a>, the steel M6 fasteners were permanently "welded" in place because of Al-Fe galvanic corrosion. Well ... the new hats are still threaded, or they still were about a year ago. You screw the M6 fastener thru the rotor into the hat and then retain it with the jet nut (for insurance against a <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/lrqc/msgs/81238.phtml">WindyCityS4 Type Failure</a>). The problem is that the steel M6 fastener is still going to get welded to the hat, and installing a new rotor is a royal PITA when the fasteners snap off in the hat.
My modification: I reversed the fastener. I screwed new M6 socket head cap screws into the hat from the outside, torqued them to 8 ft-lb, dropped the rotor over the threaded portion of the screws, and then installed the jet nuts. Here in my winter salt climate, it'll still be impossible to remove those M6 fasteners, but now you don't have to. When it comes time to replace a worn rotor, just remove the jet nuts.
09-06-2006, 08:28 AM
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should have put a winking face!! ;-)