UFO brakes

[topher5150]

i was searching the interwebs for random car stuff and came upon this web site about Audi UFO brakes, the weirdest thing I've ever seen. Looks like a pain in the ass to work on. yet again the Germans over engineered something

 

[Mechanicboy]

I'm trying to see the benefit to these. Are they supposed to run cooler or something?

 

[ONEBADMK8]

http://www.succulents.com/quattro/ufo.html

 

[LaserSVT]

*stares at picture and tries to figure out where the piston clamps to*

*small poof sound and smoke comes from left ear*

 

[stlunatic]

looks like a cross between a disc and a drum. weird.

 

[topher5150]

the rotor is a ring with the caliper on the inside