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Arnie

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Registered: 24th Sep 02
Location: Maidstone, Kent Drives: Seat Leon Cupra R
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15th Sep 03 at 13:41

At the moment I've got a 1.0l and the brakes are screeching like mad! After Xmas I will be having the 2.0l 16v put in, so will need to uprate the brakes.

I was thinking I mite as well uprate them now to the 16v brakes to stop the annoying noise instead of waiting till the conversion.

But will it cause any problems as it being only a 1.0l with the 16v brakes?

Kerry

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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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15th Sep 03 at 13:43

i know a lad on here who has just uprated his brakes he only has a 1.0 or a 1.2 cant remember.

u2u him Andy Morley....sure theres others done it too. i dont see how it would be a problem brakes are brakes as long as u stop

and-m

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Registered: 5th May 02
Location: Liverpool. Drives. Skud vRS.
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15th Sep 03 at 13:46

no shouldnt cause a problem as long as they are fitted and bled correctly.

Arnie

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15th Sep 03 at 13:48

I wasn't sure as I remember reading in the Haynes/Max Power manuel about bigger brakes taking longer to get up to temperature and they wouldn't work as well on smaller engines! Something like that anyway.

and-m

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15th Sep 03 at 13:52

they may have a bit more travel due to the larger size but the pedal can be adjusted,

Will94

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Registered: 1st Nov 02
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23rd Jan 05 at 22:35

Not so much "bigger" brakes, but uprated discs & pads... like EBC greenstuff, they bite much more when they are warm (moreso than standard ones) just the 2L brakes will run a bigger disc giving more leverage at the caliper 2 stop

Fraser Young

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Registered: 26th Dec 02
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23rd Jan 05 at 22:39

^lol think he could have done with the advice a year and half ago when it was posted...