All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
Replacement Edition 30 Brake discs and pads
Tfsi_Mike:
This will be me now. :innocent:
My ideal setup would be lightweight 4 pots and 2 piece 345mm rotors
Beddie:
--- Quote from: galaxie500 on January 31, 2012, 10:16:34 am --- Slightly concerned that Ferodo pads according to their website aren't for road use. Are they simply a harder compound and not as responsive until warm?
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Any brake pads within the EU have to conform to 'Regulation 90' (ECE R90), this stipulates that any brake pad for road use has to comply with the requirements of reg 90 in respect to performance, fade etc to within a tolerance of no more than 15% of that of the original part...
The 15% tolerance is both under and above the original reference limit so means that any pad that exceeds the performance of the OE part by more than 15% is not technically road legal, coupled with that is also the fact that most 'limited' market pads (fast road/track pads etc) are never sent off for reg90 approval by the manufacturers due to the prohibitive costs involved for such a small relative market...
In reality a pad compound such as the Ferodo DS2500 will exceed the performance of the standard pads in both cold and hot benchmarks :happy2:
RS6BRIT:
--- Quote from: Beddie on January 31, 2012, 10:34:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: galaxie500 on January 31, 2012, 10:16:34 am --- Slightly concerned that Ferodo pads according to their website aren't for road use. Are they simply a harder compound and not as responsive until warm?
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Any brake pads within the EU have to conform to 'Regulation 90' (ECE R90), this stipulates that any brake pad for road use has to comply with the requirements of reg 90 in respect to performance, fade etc to within a tolerance of no more than 15% of that of the original part...
The 15% tolerance is both under and above the original reference limit so means that any pad that exceeds the performance of the OE part by more than 15% is not technically road legal, coupled with that is also the fact that most 'limited' market pads (fast road/track pads etc) are never sent off for reg90 approval by the manufacturers due to the prohibitive costs involved for such a small relative market...
In reality a pad compound such as the Ferodo DS2500 will exceed the performance of the standard pads in both cold and hot benchmarks :happy2:
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show off :wink:
Tfsi_Mike:
--- Quote from: RS6BRIT on January 31, 2012, 04:52:24 pm ---
Come on Mike, when are you going to get some REALLY big ones ? :laugh:
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Collected them tonight :-)
RS6BRIT:
--- Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on February 01, 2012, 10:52:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: RS6BRIT on January 31, 2012, 04:52:24 pm ---
Come on Mike, when are you going to get some REALLY big ones ? :laugh:
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Collected them tonight :-)
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SWEET, they look the part mate. When you going to get them on there ? Whilst I have you, did you notice a difference when you fitted the R32 rears ? I picked up a set and will be fitting them shortly, but wondered if they made a real world difference or only showed their potential when REALLY pushed hard ?
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