Cadubya
Autocross Newbie
Before I dive into the other stuff - srs question: Anybody got a referral for a good no bullshit sales guy at Autobarn in Evanston? Not for me (honest), asking for a buddy. I don't have any VW contacts anymore.
Ok I am willing to be corrected here.
Last track event I did in a VW was my old Mk4 with Porsche BBK. I had all kinds of brake issues (Ate SuperBlue, Hawk "plus" something pad... all "meh" stuff, I'm well aware, but I ran out of brakes within 2 laps). However, there was another guy there, also in a Mk4 GTI. He had stock calipers, but good fluid and pads. Talking to him - he had zero issues.
So I'm willing to be totally wrong on my suggestion. And excellent point about them being floating calipers w/single piston.
The big problem with the MK6 platform, at least in the golf and the GTI, is that there isn’t any brake ducting, or any easy way to route it. There’s an evap canister or some shit in the way on the passenger side. Same with the MK2 Audi TTRS, which coincidentally is built on the same platform. Audi put 380mm brakes on it and it still burned them up at the track. Their fix was control arm mounted, air scoops, or diverters, which help, but aren’t a substitute for a real cooling duct.