[Shotimes] Gene Pool - From the Hillman List (Semi-OT)

[Bob]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Fourchy
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 6:58 AM
>
> On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:05:47 -0700 (PDT), David Rosicke wrote:
>
> >the front rotors were
> >> shredded, all the pads were bare of pad - and that was
> >> the front.
>
> My "parts plus" is like that.  The front rotors have no inner
> side, just the cooling
> fins, and there is no inner pad on either side.  It's a good
> thing those pistons are
> steel, otherwise it would have been wrapped around a telephone
> pole someplace,
> probably about 10 years ago.
>
> I was wondering why the wheels, stock non-d slicers, were so red
> when I got it....I
> figured it out fast after they came off.
>
> George

I did the brakes on a neighbor's Audi V8 Quattro.  When the SS pistons hit
the cooling fins, the rotor separated itself from the hat like it had been
cut with a torch.  No accident ocurred though, as he was used to the brakes
not working well at that point!  I replaced everything on the front and pads
and rotors on the back for aroud $600.  That's "cheap" for an Audi V8.
Fortunately a previous owner had ditched the UFO rotors.

	-- Bob