Been so busy with work this last few months that i havent managed to pop the fabias track virginity, so have booked myself for a full days track attack at Rockingham for friday.

Not done this track yet, so looking forward to it, although i was planning to do an air field day in it first to really push and find the limits

There are still places available, free instruction, free passengers, free extra drivers and open pitlane for £199 if anyone interested.

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Tempting, but I'm at Brands Hatch on Monday.

Thought about doing brands but have done it loads of times, great tracks though. Im on a mission to do all the UK tracks

Edited 29 July, 201114 yr by janner_Sy

I went for that one as it's my most local and other than Santa Pod a month ago I've never been on a track.

I'm sure we'll meet up at another track day sometime.

I suspect that you will find that the Fabia is SOFT and the brakes leaves alot to ask for .

Took it around a staged track and people where afraid that I would scrape my front-lip!

Think that a rear-arb combined with bushings all around would help ALOT!

Im not expecting a huge amount out of it tbh, its a straight line warrior at the moment. Im actually planning on being gentle with brakes for that reason

Edited 29 July, 201114 yr by janner_Sy

Well, after some testing off my "new" brakes (i.e mk1 octy vRS) I can say that the brakeperformance went up by an assload...

And I noticed some cracks in the standard-pads, one off the pads had a crack from top to bottom and it's only done 16000 miles at that moment :o !

Whatbkit did you need from the mk1 vRS. Predume they are 312mm

I just use some oem-pads and discs. Yes, they are 312mm but they work really well actually.

I consider getting better pads when I get some better tires and suspension, the brakes will lock the wheels from atleast 150 km/h if needed, so the breakingperformance is suffice in that part.

Might not be the best to use for 10 laps in a row, but which pads are meant for that (except pure racing-pads)?

Did you need the caliper carriers as well

I bought mine inclusive the carriers, yes.

Just bolted all together on the car.

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Im thinking

Porsche boxer s/carrara 2 4 pot calipers (less than £400)

TT/golf/octavia-porsche caliper carrier adapters (£89)

And the potential use of all the 5x100 PCD VAG discs from 312mm up to 330mm

Reason im thinking this is the pad availability is huge as they are porsche brakes, plus the calipers will be very very light

Im thinking

Porsche boxer s/carrara 2 4 pot calipers (less than £400)

TT/golf/octavia-porsche caliper carrier adapters (£89)

And the potential use of all the 5x100 PCD VAG discs from 312mm up to 330mm

Reason im thinking this is the pad availability is huge as they are porsche brakes, plus the calipers will be very very light

That would be the next step up from my kit, but I think you will find whichever brakes suffiecent.

Pads are a big breaker on this, if you go for something like bluestuff then you'll have enough braking power with the 312mm-kit I'm pretty sure.

The reason I went for the octy-brakes was the price, I got them both for 80£.

The porsche-calipers would be 300£ each here in Sweden so for those prices... there would be XYZ, Raidopower or D2 since you need the carrier-adapters, pads and discs :/.