A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?

[Gene Hunt.]

nowt wrong with Stock brakes on my stage 2 Ed30 with 300 ponnies

it's down to the driver and his talent to judge braking distances 

 

.............nice one Steve,too many people knock the standard brakes.

[Saint Steve]

People that I know comment that using or upgrading to r32 brakes/pads, make the car more snatchy under braking, most properly due to the fact, the weight of the car on the GTi is 200 kilos lighter and making them too aggressive rather than being more progressive.

I have no issues with the stock brakes for normal road usage . Only when pushing on or going at break neck speeds and braking late, is more dangerous then having brakes that may snatch and catch you out.

Just my opinion and I'm waiting to be shot at 


I'm not talking race track usage here before anyone pipes up 

As I've read somewhere, uprated Pads will help performance.

[MS1COYS]

nowt wrong with Stock brakes on my stage 2 Ed30 with 300 ponnies

it's down to the driver and his talent to judge braking distances 

 

.............nice one Steve,too many people knock the standard brakes.

Fair play dude. It was out of order to grief the standard brakes. I meant very little by it.

[Saint Steve]

nowt wrong with Stock brakes on my stage 2 Ed30 with 300 ponnies

it's down to the driver and his talent to judge braking distances 

 

.............nice one Steve,too many people knock the standard brakes.

Fair play dude. It was out of order to grief the standard brakes. I meant very little by it.

   cheers dude

[MS1COYS]

People that I know comment that using or upgrading to r32 brakes/pads, make the car more snatchy under braking, most properly due to the fact, the weight of the car on the GTi is 200 kilos lighter and making them too aggressive rather than being more progressive.

I have no issues with the stock brakes for normal road usage . Only when pushing on or going at break neck speeds and braking late, is more dangerous then having brakes that may snatch and catch you out.

Just my opinion and I'm waiting to be shot at 


I'm not talking race track usage here before anyone pipes up   

As I've read somewhere, uprated Pads will help performance.

Opinions make the world go round.   Your comment totally makes sense and I understand where you're coming from. A race set up for brakes is undeniably twitchier than stock brakes, much more pressure and much harder to treat in a gentle fashion. Still the best mod I made though  

[MS1COYS]

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[MS1COYS]

Im trying my best to work out how to upload videos on to the forum, so please bare with me. Also I must apologise for the shaky camera, but still, it's the thought that counts 

30-60mph run in 2nd only (3.09 seconds) - http://s1076.photobucket.com/albums/w459/milessimmons1/?action=view&current=Video00131.mp4

30-70mph run in 2nd and 3rd gear. (3.97 seconds) - http://s1076.photobucket.com/albums/w459/milessimmons1/?action=view&current=Video00091.mp4 (This one is my favourite. A seamless gear shift, quicker than DSG?)

25-80mph run in 2nd and 3rd gear. (7.11 seconds, with a poor shift) - http://s1076.photobucket.com/albums/w459/milessimmons1/?action=view&current=Video00101.mp4

Also attached below is some lists of statistics for multiple cars and their respective 30-60mph, 30-70mph and 30-80mph times.

http://www.car-videos.net/performance/speed.asp?Speed1=30&Speed2=70
http://www.car-videos.net/performance/speed.asp?Speed1=30&Speed2=60
http://www.car-videos.net/performance/speed.asp?Speed1=30&Speed2=80

I'm really pleased that my runs today (I know that sounds awful), give or take the odd 0.25 of a second, produced a time that puts my Gti in the same company as a 03' plate Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG, a 98' plate 22B Subaru Impreza WRX STI and an 01' plate BMW M5.....  

[Hurdy]

Greta figure those. What stage tune are you at?

My old ED30 managed this at stage 2+ (DSG+Quaife+R888's) just before I put nitrous on it!!

[MS1COYS]

Greta figure those. What stage tune are you at?

My old ED30 managed this at stage 2+ (DSG+Quaife+R888's) just before I put nitrous on it!!

I don't really know what stage I'm at  You could probably enlighten me, by reading the list of mods at the bottom of my posts.

I've only just booked the car in to go on a rolling road (03/08) so it'll be fun to know what figures I get. I think it's in the region of 270bhp, but to be honest, it could be 250bhp, it might be 290bhp?!?! All I know is, it's very usable power.

[MS1COYS]

What are the costs of water meth injection? Also what additional parts will I need to fit, if any at all? Finally what sort of gains can I expect on top of my previous mods?