Brake talk - LEARN!! me up good.

[bmcgarvey at gmail.com (Brian McGarvey)]

And if you just stuff 10.1;s on the front of an early 8v you'll be very
dissapointed. the pedal gets a wierd feel, BTDT-- just upgraded the bunny MC
to 22mm.

The cross drilled look cool AND give you a place to stuff the screwdriver
when R&Ring CV axles :-)
Bigmac


On 5/8/07, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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