Brake talk - LEARN!! me up good.

[Cory_Langford at bcit.ca (Cory Langford)]

I have to agree with the MC issue.  I have been running the 10.1 and rear
discs with out the 22 MC and the pedal is soft.  (No there is no air in the
lines - it just needs to travel farther than I like).

I think the 10.1 are about as big as you need on our cars.  The 11's
(around here anyways) are a huge jump in $ for rotors and pads, and they
add that much more weight to affect how the car is supposed to handle.

If you really want race style braking, don't go 11" go back to 10 or even 9
and get dual or quad piston calipers instead.

Cory Langford


"Brian McGarvey" <bmcgarvey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on 11/05/2007 10:02:17 AM:

> 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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