AndrewJB's MK2 Leon Cupra R "die gelbe Baron" APR Stage 2+ (Quaife LSD time)

[AndrewJB]

Have you had this dyno'd since the last stage 1+ run?

Nah not been on since

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[AndrewJB]

MOT passed but advisory on front brakes soon...  Decided a set of these will be purchased soon



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[GarethB]

Love those brakes 

Will they fit with your current wheels?

[AndrewJB]

Should do they fit behind mike's 18" and mine are 19"

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[GarethB]

I have the same wheels as Mike and the brake clearance (width ways) is insane on the Turinis due to the design and lower offset.

Is Mike's car still at Alex's unit? If so, I'd suggest asking him for cheeky trial of one of your wheels on his car to check for clearance.

Those brakes really are the business and will look fantastic on your Leon. Any ideas on the cost of replacement discs & pads on these?

[AndrewJB]

Nah he's got the car back now...  Alex did tell me costs but can't remember now

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[Janner_Sy]

Alex was saying he had Lambo calipers on the shelf in his garage.  They can be used on 345mm discs 

[AndrewJB]

i wanted something bigger then 345mm look lost behind the 19" LCR wheels


Got a free 20 min track taster to use this year at Rockingham so will use this and then no doubt i will be hooked and my car will end up like mikes 

[AndrewJB]

So today was the day to get rid of them pesky 345mm brakes.. the OEM brakes as standard are very good but mine where knackered due to the amount of stick this car has had as a Press Car including going round Rockingham a few times.

OEM setup


Discs


Complete


Random shots (excuse the dirty wheels)





So what can i say... not really "tested" them yet have a few quick checks and they feel amazing and look totally amazing


Kit
Brembo Gt Senior 4 pot calipers
Brembo Motorsort 370mm 2 piece fully floating rotors
Alloy AKS caliper brackets
HEL braided brake lines with stainless steel fittings.
Textar (Porsche OEM compound) pads  (Massive choice of pads when ordering)

[DamoP]

So ive been back to Triple R Composites today to fit the splitter that they developed on my car (They have Done Facelift, Pre-Facelift and BTCC for the Leon)

Splitter


Being done



Done




Found this hiding behind the bumper


Then popped to see Alex @ AKS Tuning
Mine and TFSI Mike's Leon's

Alex's Octavia


Picked up my Black cap from Alex, These come from American VAG'S, AKS Tuning can supply these


And last but not least.... a small problem

how much was the washer bottle cap??

[AndrewJB]

think they are about £8

[Poverty]

looking good!

[AndrewJB]

Today i have done something ive been wanting to do for a while

Before


After



Genuine MY12 LED rear lights fitted and coded in

[jason_rmh]

Lights look sweet! :-)

[AndrewJB]

So i took the Leon to Rockingham today, My car being one of the Ex-SEAT UK press cars its no stranger to Rockingham.. it was my first time on a real track day, ive been to lots of "drive around" the track sessions but never a full on track day. I paid the extra for a tutor to come out with me and i can well recommend it to any other new people. The tutor was really good he kept egging me on to go faster and faster through corners and by the end of the session i was going alot faster than my first lap.

Few pics and Video's taken by the GF from the pits.






And the posing photo :cartman:




So how was the car?

Well all as i can say is it surprised me, it handled so well out there i really wasn't expecting to be as good as it was. The LSD was working well and the brake upgrade was superb, When you come out of the last corner your foot is then planted and you arrive at the first corner which is also very banked because its part of the racing oval I was arriving at that corner doing around 125mph (clock speed not GPS) quick dab of the brakes and then turn into the corner and keep the foot semi planted, The second corner which is a hair-pin style corner you arrive at it doing approx 100mph and you need to brake very hardly to enter it. Now if i still had my 345mm single pot setup i wouldn't of managed to brake how i needed to for this corner, The 370mm 4 pots on the other hand stopped me exactly how i needed them to :)

I have well and truly got the track bug now, i was tempted to stay for the afternoon session but the GF and mate wanted to go for food.