Re: UFO Upgrade/downgrade/advice

[Crossley Family <crossley@northwest.com>]

Sargent Schutt wrote:
> 
> I’m at a juncture where it would behoove me to update the brakes on my
> 91 200q.
> 
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> Any and all information on this topic would be *greatly* appreciated!
> 

Sarge,
I am just about through with the trial fit up stage with my UFO
replacement brakes that KVR (Ottawa, Ontario) is building for me.  The
final configuration will involve 12.4" competition steel rotors and big
AP four piston racing calipers. These things should really work, being
that the rotors will be larger and better cooled than UFO rotors. I
don't know for sure, but I believe the final price on this upgrade will
be about $2250 and will require the use of at least 16" wheels.  I will
use a set of S4 wheels.  I know this all sounds expensive (it is!) but I
feel the car is worth it.  I have IA's stage 3 ECU mod and the car
flies.  I am tired of two hot good laps at PIR only to be followed by
limping to the pits with no brakes.  The one thing that the UFOs did
show me is that I could carry a lot more speed through a corner than I
thought possible just because I couldn’t get rid of it after a couple of
fast laps!  I plan on keeping the car a long time so the amortized cost
is tolerable in my opinion. 
I will post my final thoughts on this upgrade once I have had a chance
to run it on the track.
Kent Crossley