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Offline Oilburner

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what brakes ?
« on: 10 July 2009, 08:22 »
Hi there.. got a mk2 golf gti with a mate of mine we are making into a weapon.. its going to have a 18t 20v lump in it. pushing about 230 odd. now we would like to know what brakes would be best for this sort of power. also do we need bigger wheels than 15s ? we have some multispoke 15s on at the mo but obviously not sure what size discs we can stick behind them ? any ideas would be great
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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: what brakes ?
« Reply #1 on: 10 July 2009, 08:51 »
Are you planning to go widetrack or not? There is a goldmine of info on brakes if you search...

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Re: what brakes ?
« Reply #2 on: 10 July 2009, 13:00 »
Yeah use the search man, it will reveal a lot of threads on this topic :afro:

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Re: what brakes ?
« Reply #3 on: 10 July 2009, 13:25 »
Search for the topic Kittie created about her brakes - they sound like they're the type you want, £600 for the kit though.
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Re: what brakes ?
« Reply #4 on: 10 July 2009, 21:16 »
Don't even mention brakes in front of me today! Needed the car to go on a training course today and all my f**king brake fluid had disappeared!! Suspect dodgy Euro (why do I keep buying things from there when they invariably break 2 mins later) master cylendar or knackered rear caliper/s??

On the plus side, got to drive to Doncaster accompanied by the sound of Belinda Carlisle and V6 goodness. That make me feel better  :smiley:

Oh and I needed 3mm spacers to get my 15" et24 bmw wheels over the Wilwoods, which is a shame. Need to find some tech specs on various wheels to find a better fit, if anyone knows where I might find some!

I think it probably depends on whether you want to keep 15s or are prepared to go bigger? I mean, I was sure I definately wanted 15s and nothing else so I decided to try and get something that would be really good but not so big.

ALso depends on how much you want to spend, me and my other half are both a bit funny when it comes to buying stuff and always end up getting stupidly expensive stuff (just starting to pay for my rediculously expensive kitchen and regretting it!!) just for the hell of it really!  :laugh:

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Re: what brakes ?
« Reply #5 on: 10 July 2009, 21:34 »
280mm brakes were good enough for 210bhp in the Limited.

They'll do for your pipedream, too.

If you get really keen, add Skyline aluminium calipers.
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