Best Brakes In Gti 1.9 Standard Wheels?

[Minsc 0]

I want to get the best that fit in my standard wheels, what is better? Wilwood 4-pot? 307 HDI 283mm? 266? Must I keep the standard master cylinder or get a bigger one? I don't want that they locking up easily. Have I to remove the rear compensator? Cheers.

[hengti 2]

I want to get the best that fit in my standard wheels, what is better? Wilwood 4-pot? 307 HDI 283mm? 266? Must I keep the standard master cylinder or get a bigger one? I don't want that they locking up easily. Have I to remove the rear compensator? Cheers.

 

expect this'll cause some consternation, but there's really not much wrong with the standard brakes..

 

what're you using the car for?

[welshpug 1,666]

as above, good set of plain discs and uprated pads with new fluid cant be beaten for modulation and power, 283mm seems to be rather excessive for such a light car.

 

i've been in a 1.6 rally car and boy did that thing stand on its nose when my mate leaned hard on the brake! (slippy diff helped a lot too I think!)

[Spiky 37]

using the 307 or 206 gti180 brakes the stf MC will be fine,

 

using the gti6 calipers, you get more travel, so a 406 non abs Mc would be better

Edited July 19, 2007 by Spiky

[Minsc 0]

I use the car in road, but I like to drive in mountain roads. The next year I'll began to run in trackdays.

[hengti 2]

try (in this order): good brake fluid (eg. Castrol Response), uprated front pads, uprated front discs, braided hoses.. before spending a lot of money (relatively speaking) on new calipers etc

 

you'll have no problems in an otherwise standard car on track days/etc with the above - but, a lot depends upon how you want your brakes to feel..

[Minsc 0]

Now I'm using AP600 brake fluid, braides hoses, Galfer brake pads and grooved discs.

[Dream Weaver 2]

Think it depends on your power levels.

 

I have top spec fluid, new calipers, discs and pads all round, including ATE POwer grooved/vented up front with Ferodo DS Performance pads. In general they are good, but I was struggling to stop the thing on Sunday over the Snake Pass (mountain type road).

 

It was fading a bit and only just stopping, but maybe thats my setup at fault.

[chris1986 1]

i have totally standard discs and pads, they are delphi ones the pads still have loads left on them and that with a good few trackdays and a few thousand miles of road abuse. for some reason i don't seem to suffer from brake fade at all.

by the way, snake pass is good fun ain't it