Braaaakes

[s4mmie]

Aargh, I can't decide on what brakes to upgrade!
They desperately need something done.. at Lakeside I had severe fade which I suspect to be primarily bad fluid, but the pads are prob on their way out too.

I think I need new rotors also as they are verrry bumpy!
I'll definitely be fitting braided lines and better fluid, but I can't decide on the size.

The car is primarily used for the street with the potential for a happy laps fang every month or so..
Bigger turbo upgrade on the cards too...
With that in mind, I only want to add as much braking power as I need... 12-piston calipers and 1m discs look great but in my opinion it's just added weight if you don't need it.

From what I've read, a few people feel the stock size rotors are great once you upgrade the fluid and pads. Eddy was on stock size rotors for a long time, speaks for itself. To upgrade to slotted rotors in stock size with A1RM pads, braided lines and racing fluid, I'll be looking at around $850.

To order the ECS TT/S3 size brake kits with pads, lines and fluid, I'm looking at roughly $1900 for new bits.


Now I know the TT upgrade is a nice upgrade, but would the extra cost and weight be worth the extra braking capacity?

[jasn78]

Sam, if you ever want to test out what a set of tt brakes feels like on the polo let me know, you can take mine for a spin

[VWindahouse]

These are a great price Sam!

EOI Porsche (Brembo) 4 Pot 312mm Brake Kit 5x100

[Jmac]

Sam your fluid is like tea mate, but knew you were going to swap out with new anchors
cheers
Jmac

[s4mmie]

Yeah I definitely need to replace the stock rotors, pads and fluid in there anyway, so either way I'm up for some cash.

Geez, they are a good price... still not sure if I need the extra braking and weight though. I want them because they're shiny and would fill my wheels nicely though!

I think I'm going to chuck some standard size slotted rotors and A1RM pads in and see how I go next happy laps. I'm hoping they will be adequate. If they are score, if not I'll just have to look at upgrading once the turbo goes on...

[kaanage]

I think I'm going to chuck some standard size slotted rotors and A1RM pads in and see how I go next happy laps.

[nightphotographer]

These are a great price Sam!

EOI Porsche (Brembo) 4 Pot 312mm Brake Kit 5x100

And only about $60-70 shipping to QLD too if they don't sell soon they'll be going on my car, was hoping for a quick sale to fund my next project, but I'm buying that in 2 weeks regardless

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

Sam, just to let ya know that I give my brakes a lot of attention, even with the upgrade set-up I change the pads for the track & flush the fluid for every meet.
The older the fluid the lower the boiling point, because it gets moisture in it over time even in a sealed container after its been opened.

[Jmac]

Yeah you do Eddy, in a word Hygroscopic. Thats its job but thats also its down side

24ths normal fluid , super dot 4 and the likes, Dot 5 martini or SRF only 12mnths

Cheers
Jmac

[seangti]

If anyone is interested in testing 100-0 braking distance to compare the factory, to TT to whatever else, let me know as we can use GPS to do that. With my burnt out brakes, cold stopping distance was 54m, by the 3rd stop it was something like 38m. In an emergency situation, that difference is a quite a big accident, I'd have to check the data again to see what speed I'd have been doing.

My brakes feel awful and don't stop when cold, but that's cos i've cooked em everyway till sunset, when new and if used as they were designed (for street), they'd be fine.