I have been reading the "What mods are worth doing" and after having mine remapped i find the brakes a bit errrrrr weak

I saw this quote "In our opinion, for a normally modified Octavia, the Group N kit from Impreziv offers the

save until you have 750 and get brembo's

upgraded my pads recently and on stock discs this has improved braking,need to get some decent fluid now

I doubt i can afford

pagid fast road pads.or "blue" as they are sometimes known,from awesome gti circa 50 notes.i too am skint so ferrodos s2500 were not for me

I can get Ferrodo's to try then i guess, is it worth uprating discs or do the calipers really need doing as well?

i found grooved discs to help a fair bit on FR pads,but i'm far too tight to whip off perfectly serviceable discs,maybe next time.

if you're on a budget ,try ATE power discs,grooved and cheaop as chips,just make sure you bed them in nicely as the seem to be just standard discs ,not any kind of heat treated trackday affair

Standard discs are fine wit uprated pads. Whack some Ferodos on , or if a bit skint PAGID blues and get some decent fluid. Will handle moderate track day usage on standard disks. Run them on mine and I haven't had any problems with extensive track usage, may be because mine isn't very fast

You can...well we used to.....get the DS2500 from Demontweeks.

Check out our links page...you need to talk to Dave Poole...mention Briskoda and you'll get a 10% discount.

Should be around about

Cheers, i'll try that first then i wont be doing track days, i use my bike for those

am i right in thinking the vrs has a twin ciruit system? no bother if it is.if not whats the bleeding sequence on it?or is it pressure bleed with vag-com/1551

Fluid capacity is 1.75 litres

I think you should upgrade your disks and calipers, you know you want to... then you can donate your old ones to a worthy cause ;)

Save up for the Brembo's, you know you want to

Wow they look really cool i want some!! Now what can i sell i wonder..

Save up even more and get some two piece discs rather than one piece discs if you want ultimate stopping and durability for track work.

However, for fast road, a good pad DS2500 and fluid Silkolene ProS will more than suffice.

Your tyres will be the weak link after that!

Steve

Save up even more and get some two piece discs rather than one piece discs if you want ultimate stopping and durability for track work.

That would be these then

the brembos look pretty....

however the "baron" outbraked anything with blackdiamond discs and DS3000 pads plus the super4.1 fluid.

do that and spend the rest on a decent set of summer only grippy p zero c tyres...

then nothing will touch you..

GUARANTEED.

(unless you cant drive of course..... )

the brembos look pretty....

however the "baron" outbraked anything with blackdiamond discs and DS3000 pads plus the super4.1 fluid.

do that and spend the rest on a decent set of summer only grippy p zero c tyres...

then nothing will touch you..

GUARANTEED.

(unless you cant drive of course..... )

What would that brake setup cost?

about 400 quid to do front and rear.

but it will be ludicrous. DS3000 are too agressive for high road miles but you WILL outbrake 911's with ease.

Jon ColinD and myself all run variations (the black diamond discs being "same" as the grooved/drilled GpN)

DS2500 are a compromise for road use but anyone who saw me close down the supras at brunters will vouch for just how late you can brake running the full monty (3000) setup.

You had to have the 4 point harnesses on to use them fully or you fell out of the seats, and after 2-3 laps of a circuit you would tighten the harnesses again! ask those who have experienced them they really do prove the octy doesnt need multipot calipers and larger discs.

DSC's and fluid are all you need, maybe discs also if you are doing track work.

Big brembo setup's work wonderfully I am sure, but it's all unsprung weight.

2500 for road, 3000 for track.

Paul, agree but bear in mind they have more inertia to stop..

DS2500 are a compromise for road use but anyone who saw me close down the supras at brunters will vouch for just how late you can brake running the full monty (3000) setup.

remember it well.

Paul' date=' agree but bear in mind they have more inertia to stop..[/quote']

bear in mind i was driving... so maybe not.

largely depends on whether you wanna "look" like you can go fast/play hard or actually go past em so damn fast they never quite figure out what it was?

dont seem to rememeber any car outbraking my ibiza at brunters..

brembo equipped.

boiled the fluid tho.. zero pedal gets the adrenalin flowing..

And if you do go for Brembo 4-pot brakes... don't get cheap pads!!! (lesson learnt here... melted my Mintex pads at Brunters :()

Carbon Metallics offer amazing stopping power as well (used 2x sets of these now), but give off a lot of dust. DS2500's seem a good set-up - more bite than Brembo pads, and not very dusty...

I think i'll try a set of DS2500's first and see how i get on, then maybe Brembo's or BD discs later on, cheers for the advice everyone