Brake talk - LEARN!! me up good.

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

The brake upgrade paths for a MK II 8V could be:

1. Performance brake pads.

2. 16V front 10.1" rotors, calipers w/performance pads.
2A. Add 22mm MC

3. item 2 + 16V 8.9 rear rotors, calipers and pads + 22mm MC

4. Corrado front 11" rotor, calipers and pads.

Note: all the different size rotors use different calipers and the different calipers use different pads.

I suppose it's possible that you could fade out 10.1" front rotors in one good hard stop from 100mph which would be one reason to go to the 11" rotors, but IIRC some of the guys that race Sciroccos aren't going bigger than 10.1" although they would be using racing pads (inappropriate for street use do to poor cold temp performance, i.e. the pad needs to be hot, as in a couple hundred ? for it to grab) and would have air ducted to the rotors.

If you had a 300 HP engine in your 8V then the 11" rotors could make sense even for street use.

You can also run cross drilled or slotted rotors although I doubt they actually provide much increase in braking capability for the street.
Dan





From: "Greg Pallett" <greg.rocco@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:21 AM
Subject: Brake talk - lean me up good.


> As I've had the wheels on and off the Scirocco the last few weeks (in
> pre-cincy prep!) it's become clear that I'm going to need new brake
> pads this summer.
> AFAIK the rotors themselves are fine, the stock vented whatevers.  I
> had new rotors and pads put on just after I got the car, 4 years and
> 40k miles ago.
> I'd like to take the chance to consider an upgrade.  Would larger
> (than stock for an 84) be worth the $$?  What other upgrades are worth
> considering, would I need additional new hardware, like calipers or
> carriers?
> Really, I haven't paid attention to brake-talk in the past cause I
> just wan't ready for it yet :)
> So, considering I know basically nothing, where should I start researching?
> 
> Thoughts, opinions, and sugguestions appreciated.
> 
> GP
> 
> -- 
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