coupe quattro 20 v

[kingfishers2]

Just bought a pretty much mint cq 20v ill be posting pics in a coupl of days, thought id pick the brains of you chaps on the forum im planning some modifications starting this weekend with some new wheels below is a list of the mods im thinking of doing any advice on my choices would be much appriecited.
What is the best tire size for 17" wheels.


BRAKES:
Front discs Black diamond drilled

back discs Black diamond drilled

Front and rear pads ebc green stuff

Suspension:

A choice between 2

Koni full suspension kit

Bilstein b10 60mm front drop 40mm rear drop

Bushes:Powerflex full kit

Wheels:

17" Rs4 replicas

and thats it sofar!

Im removing the tow bar this weekend if anyones intrested and im thinking about selling the speedlines they need a refurb, pics should be up over the weekend, all input welcome, think this should keep me busy till i find a decent s2!

[Azman]

Drop a 3b Engine in it

[S-Express]

was that the M reg ebay one that sold today for £2.5k with engine rebuild 6k miles ago?
I wanted it!!!!!
(but have too many cars already)

[s2driveruk]

skip the ebc greens and put some reds in it, the greens won't take the abuse...actually neither will the calipers definately not a coupe strongpoint... Also with the price of tyres as it stands why not go for 18's instead, seems there is not much difference between the price of a 17 and an 18.

Look forward to seeing some pictures

Cheers
David

[Jas11n]

was that the M reg ebay one that sold today

M-reg Coupe quattro 20v?? that must have sat in a showroom for a long time

Agree with David, greens were rubbish on my old cq20v, reds were a much better choice. Standard brakes aren't that bad really on the cq, well I found them to be ok-ish.

[4WheelDrifter]

I found that if you made sure the stock brakes were all working ok, OEM disks and pads were fine on the cq20v.

[s2driveruk]

whats the weight difference between the CQ and the s2 that brings the brakes back into being reasonable?

[mcandmar]

I agree avoid the EBC green*****, i think there made out of recycled cardboard. Brakes can be ok in a cq, but one or two hard stops from 100mph will usually get the better of them.

As for tyre size i run 18"s but would be far better off with 17" and higher profile tyres for rough bumpy roads.

@s2driveruk, I found a figure for a UK spec CQ20v @1320kg, vs 3B @1425kg and ABY @ 1525kg. 205kg difference between 7A and ABY is huge ....and almost all of it is over the front wheels.

[andy112]

Doesnt the weight have to do with things added to make the car safer? Also there is a 250LB differance between the 1990 CQ and 1991 CQ the 90 being the lighter

[kingfishers2]

think im going with the rs4s 17" german and swedish do uprated disks pretty cheep im going to give them a go i think. ive heard a lot of talk about turbo conversions how much does it cost? and what bhp should i expect?