As some of you know I am a bit of a brakeophile and have a very expensive habit of upgrading my brakes whenever I need new pads/discs (or when I get bored). Since buying the car all those years ago it has now had six brake upgrades (3 front, 3 rear)
1. I started off with the old favourite of RS2 front calipers with 314mm A8 discs. Not bad especially compared to the stock setup.
2. When it was due new front pads I then stepped up to the RS2 'big red' setup again with A8 discs(323mm this time). Better than before but still room for improvement.
3. Meanwhile at the back I upgraded to 256mm TT discs with B5 S4 calipers.
4. The RS2 'big reds' fell victim to the familiar corrosion issues and got to be so noisy I just had to upgrade to the RS6 365mm setup. No really, I had to
5. It was the rears turn to be played with again after that with the now familiar 300mm B7 S4 setup.
This gave a very well balanced braking setup which has since been used by quite a few people to good effect.
Now the reason for me mumbling on is that as the 300mm setup was becoming common and I was getting a bit bored with it so my mind started to wander. About six months of discussion and design with Jason 'the wizard' Dakin culminated in upgrade number 6...
1. I started off with the old favourite of RS2 front calipers with 314mm A8 discs. Not bad especially compared to the stock setup.
2. When it was due new front pads I then stepped up to the RS2 'big red' setup again with A8 discs(323mm this time). Better than before but still room for improvement.
3. Meanwhile at the back I upgraded to 256mm TT discs with B5 S4 calipers.
4. The RS2 'big reds' fell victim to the familiar corrosion issues and got to be so noisy I just had to upgrade to the RS6 365mm setup. No really, I had to
5. It was the rears turn to be played with again after that with the now familiar 300mm B7 S4 setup.
This gave a very well balanced braking setup which has since been used by quite a few people to good effect.
Now the reason for me mumbling on is that as the 300mm setup was becoming common and I was getting a bit bored with it so my mind started to wander. About six months of discussion and design with Jason 'the wizard' Dakin culminated in upgrade number 6...
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