Fw: Yes, another braking question.

["Randy B" <scirokn81@email.msn.com>]

Dave,
Thanks for the reply.
After talking to George, we both figured that I may still have air in the
lines and there might be a possibility that having ss braided lines in
the front and not the rear might also be a contributing factor. I plan
on picking up the ss lines for the rear and re-bleeding the brakes.
The calipers, rotors, and pads all came over from my other car,
so they should have already been seated, and the rotors/pads were
still like new (only about 2k mi. on them).

Randy B.
Cosmos 81 Scirocco S - 2.0L 16V
(under the knife OSP car)
Mars 81 Scirocco S - t t 1847cc
(my new CSP car until the other is done)



>Dave wrote:
>>I have recently done this to my Rabbit and found that the pedal was lower
>>than it was with the 9.4s on it.  But, the breaking was better.  After a
>>while the pedal came back and I would relate this too the pads seating
into
>>the rotors.  I machined the rotors before I installed them and put new
pads
>>on.  It took QUITE a while before the rotors were smooth again since they
>>aren't stopping the larger heavier car that they were on and are made to
>>stop.  HTH!!
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>> Tech question: 10.1" Mk1 braking
>>>
>>> I just installed 10.1's on my 81 Mars Scirocco using the original
>>> MS and BB that came with the car. (I am going to run the stock rear
>>> drum setup for now.) After bleeding the brakes correctly I took the
>>> car out for a test drive and noticed that the pedal travels further to
>the
>>> floor before the grabbing begins than it did with the 9.4's. At first
>this
>>> bothered me a little but after a few fast/hard stops I noticed that it
>>will
>>> definitely outbrake the earlier setup and I can easily and controllably
>>> lock up the fronts, but heel-toe is out of the question without
launching
>>> the motor. I think that the 10.1 calipers probably hold more fluid and
>>> that may be why the pedal travels further, but the car will stop on a
>>> dime with about the same pedal pressure as before and is very linear.
>>>
>>> My question is whether or not going a larger MS will give me back
>>> the shorter pedal travel I had with the 9.4's. If so, are there more
>>> than two types of OEM MS's that were available for the earlier
>>> VW's and which one would be recommend for the solution to the
>>> above inconvenience. I am assuming that I dont want the larger BB
>>> because the pedal pressure is fine and I would like to stay away from
>>> the exponential stopping power I felt with the 10.1's, BB and MS from
>>> an 86? Scirocco 8V on my other 81 Scirocco. If this question has
>>> already been answered, I apologize, just let me when it was posted
>>> so I can find it in the archives.
>>> Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>




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