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Brake upgrade.
MAT ED30:
s3 and r32 and leon cupra are the same brakes just colour change :smiley: i buy sets all the time from VW
BMX:
--- Quote from: MAT ED30 on August 03, 2009, 06:55:15 pm ---s3 and r32 and leon cupra are the same brakes just colour change :smiley: i buy sets all the time from VW
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s3 is a different caliper in shape and colour.
r32 is the same as the cupra but a different colour
SteveyD:
Hi,
Im currently running my edition 30 at 300bhp on std brakes, iv fitted ferodo ds2500 pads all round and can honestly say that the diference is like night and day. They gave me more than enough confidence at the nurburgring and stood up to a whole day of Oulton park on Friday. The only problem at Oulton was I could feel my brake fluid starting to boil on my very last outing. In a nutshell try fitting DS2500's all round and changing your brake fluid to a race spec one and you should have some very impressive stopping power for under £250 and half a days work.
Go one step further and have a full Cupra R setup (bigger calipers and disks), fit DS2500's to them and you will see even better stopping power and maintain your OEM look.
Im still toying with the idea of doing this myself as I cant justify spending £1,800 on my daily drive and ocassional track/ring toy (erm that could have been worded a little better)
Steve
Tfsi_Mike:
--- Quote from: SteveyD on August 03, 2009, 07:09:48 pm ---Hi,
Im currently running my edition 30 at 300bhp on std brakes, iv fitted ferodo ds2500 pads all round and can honestly say that the diference is like night and day. They gave me more than enough confidence at the nurburgring and stood up to a whole day of Oulton park on Friday. The only problem at Oulton was I could feel my brake fluid starting to boil on my very last outing. In a nutshell try fitting DS2500's all round and changing your brake fluid to a race spec one and you should have some very impressive stopping power for under £250 and half a days work.
Go one step further and have a full Cupra R setup (bigger calipers and disks), fit DS2500's to them and you will see even better stopping power and maintain your OEM look.
Im still toying with the idea of doing this myself as I cant justify spending £1,800 on my daily drive and ocassional track/ring toy (erm that could have been worded a little better)
Steve
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Although I have shiny kit syndrome and would love a huge shiny 2 piece brake kit Im impressed with my Mk2 Cupra brakes so am going to fit braided lines, ds2500s and new discs and fluid. What fluid would you recommend??
cheers
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: SteveyD on August 03, 2009, 07:09:48 pm ---Hi,
Im currently running my edition 30 at 300bhp on std brakes, iv fitted ferodo ds2500 pads all round and can honestly say that the diference is like night and day. They gave me more than enough confidence at the nurburgring and stood up to a whole day of Oulton park on Friday. The only problem at Oulton was I could feel my brake fluid starting to boil on my very last outing. In a nutshell try fitting DS2500's all round and changing your brake fluid to a race spec one and you should have some very impressive stopping power for under £250 and half a days work.
Go one step further and have a full Cupra R setup (bigger calipers and disks), fit DS2500's to them and you will see even better stopping power and maintain your OEM look.
Im still toying with the idea of doing this myself as I cant justify spending £1,800 on my daily drive and ocassional track/ring toy (erm that could have been worded a little better)
Steve
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....I'm wondering how the brake setup you describe will effect your oem discs in the longer term and also how it reduces the potential for brake fading as you are not changing the discs.
As I understand it, pad materials should be proven to match to disc surface materials. And brake fade isn't exclusively created from overheated fluid.
I'm just curious to learn. :smiley:
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