RE: 11" Rotors in the Rear?!?

[Tim Irwin <timi@Interlinq.com>]

Although I doubt they'd fit due to drive/non-drive hub differences, remember
that your fronts due up to 80% of the braking. Increasing the braking power
on the back without equivalent adjustments to the front brakes and/or the
proportioning valve would simply result in your back brakes wanting to lock
up all of the time (not sure how ABS would handle this). For a comparison on
how much braking each end does, just look at the amount of brake dust on
each wheel.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	MAOberer@aol.com [SMTP:MAOberer@aol.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 21, 1999 7:17 AM
> To:	gti-vr6@cobra.ccsi.com; jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject:	11" Rotors in the Rear?!?
> 
> 	I may sound like a novice on this, but is there any reason that the 
> front brakes and calipers from a GLX or GTi cannot be used on the rear?
> It 
> may be a ridiculous thought, but I have some Cross drilled rotors and pads
> 
> along the way and don't have anything to do with the front rotors.
> 
> Thanks!
> Matt
> http://www.VR6.org/matts.htm