Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (February 2004, week 2)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:20:17 +0100
Reply-To:     Raimund Feussner <rfeussner@GMX.DE>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Raimund Feussner <rfeussner@GMX.DE>
Subject:      Re: Audi 100/200 callipers PHOTOS
Comments: To: vanagon@volkswagen.org, Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Ok, by not touching the caliper or the carrier I meant modifying the hole to be oblong etc. If there is enough meat and you drill a standard M14 hole, that would be OK. I meant grinding around in the M12 hole until it gets egg-formed and the Vanagon bolts fit through, that is dangerous!

Raimund

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Marshall" <vanagon@volkswagen.org> To: "Chris DeLong" <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>; <rfeussner@GMX.DE> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 8:09 PM Subject: RE: Audi 100/200 callipers PHOTOS

> Raimund, Chris and the Vanagon mailing list... > > Please see http://www.syncro.ca/tech/brakes/AudiBrakes.jpg for a few snap > shots of my friend's Audi 100 > Syncro brake design. > > He has been running them for well over a year in his Syncro and has reported > no problems with them. > > Now I am hearing that one should not touch the holes in the calliper, well, > the calliper is unchanged with this design, only the carrier. The M12 hole > is made into an M14 and the center of the hold is slightly shifted - still > round, not oblong. With the work done, the side wall of the original M12 > hole is 'just' still present on the new M14 hole. The only additional > working to the calliper is the recess for the Allen style fastener so there > would be enough clearance for the disc. > > Supposedly the shop that did the work for this fellow does a lot of race > vehicles and they feel that there is more than enough meat there. If you > look at RPI Equipped and other places with their Wilwood braking system they > are using tiny T6 aluminium spacers for their setups. If the same material > used for beer cans will stop a vehicle then the amount of cast iron here > (which is more than the amount of aluminium in the Wilwood setup) should > work just fine - right!? > > So, at this point I have yet to do anything with my brake setup. Of course, > I want to be safe about everything. What do you think of the design? How > would you build an adapter seeing how the two studs are basically on top of > each other? > > Thanks! > > > David Marshall > > Fast Forward Automotive Inc. > 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road > Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 > > http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca > Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160 > > - Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions > - Vanagon, Transporter and Iltis Sales and Importation > - European Lighting for most Volkswagen models > > > Due to the large volume of email we receive, PLEASE include previous > emails when responding. This will allow us to read the complete dialogue > in one message and will result in quicker and more accurate responses. > > >


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.