Watkins Glen Northeast Quattro Club Event -- 10/11 Oct 99

BIRA Member Giovanni Tomasi tested the newly-available System 1 brakes for the Audi A6. Giovanni owns a rare 1995 Audi A6 with the 5-speed manual transmission. His dissatisfaction with the stock brakes (the same ones found on the 1992-1995 Audi S4 and S6) led him to us for cost-effective improvements.

His results?

"I received all the correct parts for the BIRA system, installed it over the weekend (in between soccer tournaments), and had a chance to test it at Watkins Glen at the QCUSA event.

"What a drastic improvement over the stock system!  I was able to go much deeper into a turn, step on the brakes, and slow the car down with plenty of safety margin left.  It felt that, with these brakes, I could have gone even deeper, but my (limited) skills and (also limited) experience with the track prevented me from doing it.

"It took less than one full lap to get the brakes up to full working potential.  After seeing the severe damage done by an S6 owner to his stock pads and rotors by not properly heating them up, I was very aware of the need to bring everything up to operating temperature.

"We only ran two sessions on Monday since the track was closed in the morning due to fog.  On Tuesday, the first two sessions were with a somewhat wet track, so that the demands on the brakes were not that extreme.  I was running on stock Boxster pads.  In about 700 miles of road driving and 6 track sessions, I wore out approx. 0.074 in from the left side and 0.070 in from the right side.

"I will let you know how well these brakes operate on the road, but the initial impression is very positive.

"The installation of the brakes and the steel braided lines went well.

Giovanni Tomasi"