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Stock caliper for Stage 3 Gti?
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Cadubya
Autocross Newbie
The braking power is sufficient. The repeatability is not. Depends on how you're going to drive it. Going to the track? Playing rice rockets on the street?
mk6 gti brake upgrade site:www.golfmk6.com
mk6 gti brake upgrade site:www.golfmk6.com
I have had my GTI MKV since 2008 and it is modded 330whp. It uses the same calipers. A bunch of us worked on trying to find the Ultimate stock brake upgrade.
Based on your input I can tell you that the best thing you can do is simply upgrade your brake pads and you will see nice changes in stopping power. For inexpensive pads I like the Hawk HPS 5.0 pads. Just put those on all 4 wheels and you will feel a big difference.
After much work we found the following combination of upgrades do very well if you want a more complete solution. Slotted, drilled rotors will add nothing other than looks for you. Blanks will provide best friction surface.
Ultimate build list for stock GTI braking system (street)
Flush brake fluid and replace with ATE hi-temp fluid
Stainless steel brake lines
Centric Hi-Carbon blank rotors
Endless MXRS brake pads front (these are 400.00 a set)
HPS 5.0 brake pads front (for a more cost effective solution)
HPS 5.0 brake pads rear
Edit - we also added Tyrolsport stiffening kit (helps our single piston front calipers apply more even pressure across the pad)
If your rotors are ok, just drop in a set of HPS pads for an inexpensive but very effective upgrade.
Eventually I moved to the Golf R brake calipers/rotors because I started tracking the car which has completely different braking needs.
Note - HPS 5.0 is only one pad of many in that price range that can get the job done.
Based on your input I can tell you that the best thing you can do is simply upgrade your brake pads and you will see nice changes in stopping power. For inexpensive pads I like the Hawk HPS 5.0 pads. Just put those on all 4 wheels and you will feel a big difference.
After much work we found the following combination of upgrades do very well if you want a more complete solution. Slotted, drilled rotors will add nothing other than looks for you. Blanks will provide best friction surface.
Ultimate build list for stock GTI braking system (street)
Flush brake fluid and replace with ATE hi-temp fluid
Stainless steel brake lines
Centric Hi-Carbon blank rotors
Endless MXRS brake pads front (these are 400.00 a set)
HPS 5.0 brake pads front (for a more cost effective solution)
HPS 5.0 brake pads rear
Edit - we also added Tyrolsport stiffening kit (helps our single piston front calipers apply more even pressure across the pad)
If your rotors are ok, just drop in a set of HPS pads for an inexpensive but very effective upgrade.
Eventually I moved to the Golf R brake calipers/rotors because I started tracking the car which has completely different braking needs.
Note - HPS 5.0 is only one pad of many in that price range that can get the job done.
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artur1292
Go Kart Champion
Personally I wouldn't do that. The stock brakes are definitely capable of stopping the car but I don't think you'll have much luck after the second time of going from 100+ to 30-40. If your going stage 3 odds have it that you will be driving faster more often and braking harder more often. I would go bbk if possible.
flakomk6
Ready to race!
Lol , I hate the stopping power on the stock ones and my car stock . BBK is the first thing that I am doing before any engine upgrades.
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