Quick Questions for the Racer

[lord_verminaard at yahoo.com (Brendan Doyle)]

I've never used them on a VW but EBC "green stuff" pads worked great on my Camaro.  It had slotted and x-drilled 11" rotors on all 4 corners with dual piston calipers on the front, and with EBC's it stopped like a Porsche.  (that's the ONLY thing it did similar to a Porsche....)  With the heat cycling of auto-x I would be inclined to try the "red stuff" as they are supposedly better at handling the heat of mild track use.  I plan on running Reds on my Rocco eventually.  The wear and dust control of the Greens were VERY good, but I also never auto-x'ed the Camaro.  Price is good on them too.

Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v <-- TDI in progress
01 Jeep TJ 4.0


----- Original Message ----
From: Brian Spinney <vw_85roccoZ400@hotmail.com>
To: Scirocco list <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:56:19 AM
Subject: Quick Questions for the Racer

Some of you might remember an email a few months back about me setting up 
this 86 8v Scirocco as an Auto-x car on a very limited budget..  Well that 
project been set aside because I've been working my ass of on my 85 trying 
to get it ready for Cincy...

Well the schedule has just been posted and it looks like the season opener 
is April 15...  So I'm hoping to be able to get the car ready for that...
With the two local Auto-x clubs in my area it looks like I should be able to 
run at least 16 event as long as eveything hold up okay...

The car has some suspension work done to it... A good aftermarket strut, 
paired with Nuespeed Race Springs...  Poly bushing everywhere up front out 
back..
The motor is mainly stock...  8v header (no name unit)  with a stock 16v 
exhaust...
10.1 brakes up front, and the 8.9 rear disk out back...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/85roccoZ400/Mvc-418s.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/85roccoZ400/Mvc-420s.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/85roccoZ400/Mvc-416s.jpg

Alright here is the class I'll be shooting for STS...  I've got around 
$400-500 to spend so any information would be great...

What would be a good tire to run on a 14" rim?  Probably going to stick with 
the snowflakes...

What brake pad would work best with the standard 10.1 vented rotor?

What will work best as far as alignment goes?

-Brian
85 Scirocco 8vT       01 Jetta 20vT       84 Rabbit GTI
86 Bronze Scirocco 8v 


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