F17BAD G3 GTI. S3 TURBO

[F17BAD]

kells why don't you try the gearbox out first? its a lot of money to be spending to decide you want different ratios!

Those ratios won't work well on that engine. Would be good for a mk2/mk3 16v to make it more lively. But not for a high torque turbo motor.

yeah i may swell keep the 16v gearbox over the new one if this was the case

having the MK4 box on the bench is great, i can rebuild it and just swap out for my old box without having the car off the road

plus the Mk4 boxes are stronger

Cheers to russ for the help on this.. i was going to sell this mk4 box..which is a good one as it was in my dads mk4 from brand new when he bought it.. never had a hard life... will have soon hahsa.. joking 

[stow1985]

Good work again mate,

I saw a number plate the other day and instantly thought of you, 'S3 BAM'  it was on a ford tho 

Not sure what size my breaks are, how do I find out? also how much do you want for the brakes?

[Seanl]

You've got a late mk3 stow, so yours are better than those at 288mm.

[F17BAD]

maybe Stow wants a piece of history with the old F17BAD anchors 

Yeah late cars are 288 so keep those? what year is the car ? ?

[stow1985]

 

M - Plate, 1995

[F17BAD]

M - Plate, 1995

yours is GTI aint it ?

u could have either 280 or 288 if so

[stow1985]

Yeah GTI 8v, if that makes any difference 

[F17BAD]

Today i fitted my Audi S3 brake set up.

312mm discs.



As updates previously iv refurbished these to a high standard :-)



the upgrade is needed due to the bad smoking I'm getting from the  280mm set up (early MK3 GTI set up) under hard braking.

I chose to got for a decent pad on these, after lots of consideration i chose EBC Yellowstuff. These get really good reviews. It is a track day pad but has very good bite from cold too

It is a Kevlar / Ceramic compound






Also had some braided lines made up from the Guys at HEL Performance.. got these at a superb deal with been a Club GTI member..  got Ben the Red ones for his MK3 too coz I'm a good mate like that
Mine are in the Carbon finish









(Big Thanks to Ben @ HEL for sorting these)

We Had to make up some spacers to fit the bigger carriers to my hubs







Here you can see the new spacers we made for the 312mm carriers, plus extended carrier bolts i sourced made from Super High Tensile steel. also added some washers.




280mm discs Versus the 312mm





All fitted:





was dark, but will get more pics in the daylight when the car is all back together (wing is off on this picture)





Still bedding in, first though was not good as i had bad juddering!!, seems this is the RED compound stuff thats on the pads from the factory to help them bed in..

By the time i arrived home these bad boys were already showing what stopping abilities they will have..

so far its impressive stuff, will report back later  

[stow1985]

Champion work!

Nice looking braided lines...are they better/more than the goodridge ones?

The Yellows pads look good behind the wheels, if your happy with, how about painting the callipers yellow too

[F17BAD]

i have Goodridge lines on my Swift, they are exactly the same if I'm honest.. came with new seals and bolts etc.. I'm impressed with them

I just want to keep the brakes Black as thats the theme of the car, iv also painted the centres of the discs and the outer rim Black too.. looks really good