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Subject:Larger 303mm Syncro brakes
From:David Marshall
Date:Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:46:30 -0700

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

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