Took the car around the mountains today, drove that hard that when I applied the parking brake it gave a Red flashing warning......brakes too hot .
Had the poor brakes smoking at one point. But what a drive . Every bit as exciting as my 911 Turbo or Cosworth. Outside temperature -4 deg C and snow on the sides of the road. Must do it again some time.


What's aftermarket carbon ceramics options have we that can be fitted. I don't want to go Bentley, was thinking AP , Brembo etc . Anyone swapped over there discs for ceramics?

 

I don't recall seeing smoke but i have smelled hot brakes many times. This fat girl can hustle.

 

Ive been having a few issues with the brakes tbh, so before I take it to DMS for an exhaust , engine and trans tune I was advise to go and be brutal with the brakes for a short while........so I did
They do seem much better now, I wonder if the smoke was all the crap being burnt/ground off

 

Some times a good rough go at her is necessary. I really have very few issues with my car in the three years i have had it. Who is DMS and what are you getting?

 

Does both of us good, the car and me
DMS is a tuning company, they can do me a bespoke tune from 602bhp to 700 bhp and an extra 80 ft lbs torque plus apparently a transmition program upgrade to shift quicker. also getting a Quicksilver Sports exhaust .
once fitted and I have the rolling road printout I will make a post

 

Ceramics will help, but I still got them to smoke after 3 laps on a track. The hubs even changed color slightly.

As one of the car magazines stated in their CGT review: "a full-on brake from 205mph creates 10 megajoules of heat – enough energy to power six households for four hours".

 

Ceramics......is there any place they can be bought cheaper than Bentley ?

 

I wonder if the Audi ceramics are the same.

 

Some one on here might know I couldn't find a fitment from AP Racing, was going to have a look at the Brembo site

 

The standard rear discs are Audi, so they might be the same. The fronts are the problem due to their size.

Good luck with the tune Frank.

 

Thanks.
TBH I don't track the car so probably the standards fronts will do but I really wanted to take the car to Germany to do the Nürburgring (Nordschleife) at some point in the future.

 

Love to do that at the ring. One day maybe.
The best I've had mine to is 165MPH/265KPH. Does get there quick though.
I'd like to see it max out!
Some of our friends have moved to Germany so maybe I will get the opportunity.

 

165 with the top down is pretty impressive.

 

I have a pair of the massive front Brembo calipers sat in the garage which i have never got round to fitting lol, they are bigger than any Audi caliper and probably only found on race cars etc.