Date:         Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:54:56 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [Syncro] Larger 303mm Syncro brakes
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On 6/4/08, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:
>
>
>
> Well, I have the 276mm dual pot Audi brakes on my TriStar - cross drilled
> and slotted and the stopping power is pretty good but there is always room
> for improvement.
>
> I have seen somewhere in Germany people using
> the same Audi 5000S / 100 / 200 brake carrier and caliper with a 303mm
> Mercedes disc that didn't require the use of an 8mm spacer and the pads
> don't go off the top of the disc like they do on my TriStar (just... but
> the do).  Does anyone know what model of MB has 303mm 5x112 discs
> that have 8mm more offset than the Audi 5000S / 100 / 200 disc - time to
> upgrade the brakes on my Syncro Westie as I had *smoke* coming off of the
> going in to Pemberton over the weekend... not a nice feeling when you have
> no brakes - especially with a trailer and four 44" tall tires in the
> trailer pushing you along.
>
> David Marshall



I've been trying to get Rennie Wibble to try to find one out of the VAG
parts bins. He redrilled my
Audi dual-piston calipers but installation on my Syncro 16 requires a larger
300mm disc.
Sounds like 303 would be almost perfect. I was thinking initially to
turndown the 312mm.
Then I thought perhaps there is are VW or Audi discs which might fit. I am
not adverse to
using MB parts if you figure out which is which.

I'm wondering how you propose to install the Audi calipers with the Syncro
(14") suspension
upright.



BenT