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Janner_Sy:
im interested in everything as long as we stay below the £1000  region

chungster:
if u do regular track days...the R32  set up will not do.

normal daily driving and "occasional" track day it will cope and is very good VFM.

It certainly didn't cope as well as i hoped on my last outing (2 track days in 3 weeks)

Next car will have multi piston calipers and mahoosive 2 piece discs.

As they say, you gotta pay if you want to play.  :happy2:

182_blue:
^^ i agree, my last car had a very simillar set up to the r32 and it wasnt all that imo, a nice 4 pot AP setup would be good or the R8 stuff :jumping:

RedRobin:
....

I would seriously consider the AP Racing BBK - They fit both 18's and 17's (just!) Monza's and are very well proven. Cost you about £1,800 and not overkill. You don't need more than 4-pot and fronts only for the Mk5 GTI (advice straight from the Senior Race Engineer at AP) unless you are building a full-on competition race car.

I think you're right about staying away from a K04 conversion - That really is a slippery slope! Better to spend money on improved handling. IMO of course.

Janner_Sy:
I fully agree with you there robin. I think with the meth injection i can achieve very close to 300bhp without going k04. Handling is where its needed.

Theres no way i can stretch out £1800 for a set of brembos though, as nice as they may be. The r8 calipers are 4 pot so should do the job.

question for chungster and 182_blue

what was wrong with the setup on the track, fade, or just not enough stopping power.

Also what is the benefit of two piece discs. is it being lightweight, or cooling quicker??

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