Re: Who wants 11" brakes?

["Randy B" <scirokn81@email.msn.com>]

Riley,

RE:
>>The product in question is a hardware kit that will let you bolt G60 or
>>early VR6 calipers to your stock hubs.

I am also a little confused as to why you want the massive brakes
needed to stop the much heavier Corrado for your early lighter
chassis MK1. IMHO This is too much brake for the Mk1 unless you
are running a VR6 or towing with it.

In regards to what Mark Christiansen wrote:

>One thing you have to remember is the larger you go your going to have to
>take out some surface area
>so your actually going to need to slot more of the rotor . which is what we
>all want anyway for less brake fade.

This is also going to weaken the discs, making for a much shorter life.
Why go through all this trouble and expense when you can use a pair of
10.1 stock or cross drilled units with the 16V calipers, booster, master
cylinder and pedal assy. (found dirt cheap in a pick and pull yard)

>ill state the obvious for some of us. the fact is sciroccos are fairly
light
>cars the larger you go the easier it will be to lock up your brakes. much
to
>easy .

This even happens with the 16V units under emergency braking, I would
hate to have to stop quickly with the 11" units, it would be a scarry ride.

>the reason i brought that up is i would myself never install 11. inch
rotors
>onto my car ..

I totally agree.

>one i would need to get larger wheels for clearence.. i
>definatly do not want to do that one of two things. rotating mass. if you
>have the same weight wheels one is a 14 inch and the other a 15 inch the
>rotating torque pressures etc. is much greater on the 15 inch everything
>suffers. no longer a great 20-60 when coming off the corners  . also heat
is
>much greater i know im getting way to technical but what it comes down to
is
>if you want a quick car  you really have to look at all aspects of the swap
>maybe these things are not important to you and i apologize but just
thought
>id put that little bit of information out there for conideration.. this is
>actually something that could go on for a couple days for discussion   i
>only really touched on a couple of the points of no real depth..


Again why go through all this trouble. I wish I knew more about the
technical
side of it, but from the seat of the pants knowledge I have found the best
set
up to be:

In the Front I run 10.1" crossdrilled rotors with Repco metal-master
pads, later 8V (I imagine the 16V units would work as well but I have not
noticed a need for them) master cylinder, booster, and pedal assembly. In
the
Rear I run the Rabbit P.U. drums with stock generic shoes. I was too cheap
and
lazy to go with the 16V rear discs and I think it has paid off.

The way it is set up now I have changed the front pads once already and the
rear
shoes still look new. The rears have never locked up on me (something that
is
innevitable if you go with large rear discs) and the fronts only lock up
under
emergency stops. This is what has worked for me for street and autocross
events.
Remember, bigger is not always better.
Good luck, I hope this helps.

Randy B.
Cosmos 81 Scirocco S - 2.0L 16V
Mars 81 Scirocco S - t t 1847cc








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