Dum-Dums Bianca GTi6

[Ed Doe]

You have made a mistake with reducing the corner weight by buying Brembo's they are pretty heavy calipers, and the discs you will have to use will make it even worse.

They are some interesting things on the 6 forum about corner weight.

Lighter wheels is a good start though.

Ive not found that yet. As ever I was just gonna make my own way through it.

IIRC the Brembos are just lighter than the STD GTi6 calipers. I know the discs are heavier but Im tempted to see If i can get some alloy bells and rotors made up, this would probably eliminate the squealing issue too. Thing is discs are rotating weight as well as unsprung weight whereas calipers are just un sprung weight so Id rather have heavy calipers and light discs than vice versa.

To my mind you want to reduce spinning inertia more than unsprung weight...

Brembo calipers are lighter, the xantia discs that are a direct fit to the hubs are chronically heavy though. The alternative, which allows you to run bigger diameter discs is ash's 310mm kit sold over on the 6forum at the equivalent price of your average house....

The best solution, particularly on a budget is good discs pads and fluid with std calipers.


/broken record