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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: RabbitJockey on September 17, 2006, 06:57:57 pm

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: RabbitJockey on September 17, 2006, 06:57:57 pm

so i swapped scirocco front brakes on to my car, and holy hell, what a difference, i highly recommend it to anyone running around with an a1 car.  it takes as much time as installing new calipers, and it's a very nice upgrade.

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: burn_your_money on September 18, 2006, 02:30:17 pm

8v or 16v?

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: RabbitJockey on September 18, 2006, 04:15:28 pm

oh 16v, i only did the fronts my rears are getting mk3 drums

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: burn_your_money on September 18, 2006, 04:22:27 pm

what size are mk3 rears? stock mk1 is 190mm (except caddy, 200mm) right?

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: RabbitJockey on September 18, 2006, 05:07:24 pm

the mk3s are 200, i think the mk1s are 180, i'm not sure but they're small and even my 14" wheels make them look tiny, i think i may need a different proporting valve for this though, the front wheels are definetly doing most the braking, and lock up while the rears won't lock up for me,  i kinda wonder if the big drums will help with that though

oh yah and caddies are 200mm's yes sir

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: Kudagra on September 18, 2006, 07:06:29 pm

I just picked up some 95 VR6 Passat spindles and brakes.

Ill try them out when I get the engine back together.

I have more crap then I need for one car...guess that means I need another car.

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: burn_your_money on September 18, 2006, 07:37:03 pm

Quote

I have more crap then I need for one car...guess that means I need another car.

That's why I have 5  :D

Title: brake swap
Post by: moosiah on September 18, 2006, 09:19:29 pm

Did this yrs ago....    16v sirrocco frts w 200x 40 rears.....  works good. red box mintex pads...    squishy pedal tho. I think a 22 mm master would help :D

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: RabbitJockey on September 19, 2006, 05:27:04 pm

i had a hard pedal, but it seems like i might be getting air in some where.

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: macsdub on September 20, 2006, 08:14:38 am

swishy pedal??on that above post??i like the stock master,dont upgrade to that 22mm yet,i prefer the better modulation the smaller master provides

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: moosiah on September 20, 2006, 10:12:04 pm

YO!!!!!! Macsdub    that's a 'sQuishy  pedal ....... :cry:  NOT a sWishy pedal........: :shock:     I may work in the entertainment bizz in SF , but I don't hang out there,  live 50 mls north,,,, up near where Tusker lives .......     in the heart of the whine country..... :lol:

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: RabbitJockey on September 21, 2006, 05:59:03 pm

if i could find an early canadian passat with drums they had like 220mm drums on the ass end, but that's a needle in a hay stack

Title: scirocco brakes, definetly recommended
Post by: VW Smokr on October 15, 2006, 03:49:34 pm

Quoting Trev0rbr: "if i could find an early canadian passat with drums they had like 220mm drums on the ass end, but that's a needle in a hay stack"

Hadn't heard that before. AFAIK all the early Passats (Dashers) & Audi 80s(Foxes) came with the 200mm drums. Theoretically, some really early/really cheap Golf 1/Rabbits came with 230mm front drum brakes, but I've never seen any.

OTOH many, if not most, of the 78-84 Audi 5000 models came with 230mm rear drums (4 x 108mm wheel lugs), that should be able to be retrofitted to A1, A2, B1, B2, and BX chassis without a huge hassle. Some even had externally-finned drums for additional cooling! [Lessee.. with the fins, they'd look like about 10.5" wide drums, shining through the wheel openings, not exactly tiny any more.] Seems like most ran off 22mm master cylinders.

J.R.