Brakes are awful

[quattro777]

I got a shock when I drove the 100 for the first time, they do need a good shove! big difference from the A6.

[stuartmmcfc]

I have to be careful when i swap from the quattro into the Festa- I nearly go through the windscreen at first

[Phil Payne]

Originally Posted by mikes2

No brake bomb on a Coupe GT

True - vacuum reservoir. Your MityVac is your friend.

[Phil Payne]

Originally Posted by quattro777

I got a shock when I drove the 100 for the first time, they do need a good shove! big difference from the A6.

No they don't. The problem is a combination of reporting tolerance in the senders and ageing in all the components.

When you work through an ur-quattro or Type 44 braking system and restore EVERYTHING to nominal the brakes are excellent.

Most of the 'Porsche monoblock' and similar upgrades done to 1980s quattros are pointless Band-Aids to a sub-optimal braking system.

[Martc]

Main difference I found on my CQ was the following:

I changed all of the pads and disks and refurbed the callipers and the brakes were pretty rubbish even after all of that.

Next thing I did was change the brake flexible hoses, what a complete difference, firm pedal and much better braking efficiency, the car I think now stops as its intended to.

[4v6]

Overhauled the coupe brakes on my poor old gt and they were absolutely fine.
Never had any cause for concern with them.

[Gouldy]

hmmm, well i may invest in some new brake hoses then , no doubt they could do with being changed anyway tbh

[Isimmo]

Originally Posted by Phil Payne

When you work through an ur-quattro or Type 44 braking system and restore EVERYTHING to nominal the brakes are excellent.

This is true, I had my eyes opened up to this at Castle Combe this year, on track, in a quattro, with standard single pot brakes and uprated pads... It's braking ability was astonishingly good. competition standard almost.