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K16 IS a direct swap. I fitted one in my AEL but it became very laggy. Nothing happens before 2000 rpm. After that, a beast. Things improved with bigger downpipe and dekat.
I can't make custom remap here in Italy, so I'll fit the K14 back. K14 with prj chipset is good enough.
Just comparing numbers the difference between 288 and 314 does not seem much but in reality The discs are from the donor car and are on 29mm so there is still life in them.
Finally on the car, too bad we twisted one of the brake lines and we could not get a replacement because s#it happens on Saturday evening and all shops are closed
TRW, when there is not enough money for ATE but you still want the car to stop
Then a friend of mine sent me this photo of his HP2 brakes on and early A8 D2. It seems that mine are missing some parts. Lets hope the adhesive on the back of the pads holds and I wont be getting any rattling sounds.
There are 2 versions of the hp2 callipers, those of a6/urs4/6 era, and later ones used on some b5s and later. The callipers are slightly different and hold that pads differently. Yours look complete, it's just the screw/pin that locates the pads, no clips.
Kieron20V, thanks for the info, I thought that those are clips that prevent brake pad rattle.
My plans to reuse the discs from the donor car went down the drain. After I cleaned the rust one of them was fine, but on the other one the corrosion caused deep pitting on the contact surface and they do not have enough meat for machining. So a quick trip to the parts shop followed.
That's more like it
After I was done with the suspension had to check the alignment, it was all over the place
Here is the stance with S6 struts ET37 rims and A6 wings
I have an offer for S6 front (bumper and wings) from a local beaker, but still wonder what to be the next step, Turbo swap or S6 front.
It is about time to address the issue with the headlights. I had 1 and a half set of headlights left over from my old car.
The plan was to get all the parts needed to make one good set. The reflectors will be sent for refinishing.
The right one was in very decent shape. the fog light was perfect, just cleaned the dust, only low and high beam reflectors will be refinished.
But the left one...
Even the fog light which has metal reflector with very thick coating had damage
The only issue is the alteration one needs to make to the dust cover on the rear of each of the two respective headlights due to the dipped beam lamps.
But the light resultant output is very much well worth the effort and the financial outlay is pretty low.
Thanks, macspring. I'm looking at the LED lights for some time but the bulky cooling solutions are what puts me off for now. I have HIDs 4300K on the low beam and 3000K on the fog lights, and will stick with them for now. In the meantime I did put some new seals and guide pins on the rear calipers.
Now they will wait till I get the rest of the parts needed for the conversion.
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