Decent rear brake setup to suit Porsche 4 pots up front

[mini-si]

Hi all,

whats a decent rear brake setup for my s3 to work well with my Porsche 4 pots up front.
Reason I ask is, I've only owned the car maybe 6-7 weeks and yesterday was the first real time I give it a bit of stick. Come to a big island which I took at a little speed, backed off mid corner and tapped brakes ever so slightly and the back end just wanted to go, sort of like lift off over steer.
I read read threads regarding this issue so just looking to sort it out. I know you shouldn't brake mid corner but if ever I need to I would like to knowing that I'll be facing the right way once I apply the brakes. Lol.

 

[Lewis583]

It only tried to swap ends because you unsettled the car by brake mid corner, throwing all weight forwards and taking load off the rear. If anything I would argue that upgrading the rears will only make the rears want to lock more readily when under the same conditions.

I think Prawn's car attests to the fact the rears don't really need touching even when having a massive brake setup on the front axle.

 

[VAG-Slag]

I concur with Lewis (again). . . Although if you do want to beef up the rears I'm pretty sure someone used S4 rear brakes, there's a post somewhere but I can't seem to find it at the mo.

Lewis

 

[Lewis583]

Great minds and all that eh Lewis?

 

[VAG-Slag]

You said it Lewis :icon_thumright:

 

[rhys1210]

PM s3 Paul he does a 300mm rear kit, which uses the standard rear caliper

 

[snowy]

sort of like lift off over steer.

Could be a number of things

for example the haldex unit cutting power to rear - has a tendancy to make the rear end want to go sideways if braking whilst corning hard

Could be also be a geometry issue meaning the cars out of balance

Could be something like a dragging/failing caliper

Maybe some thicker ARB's are called for

Personally I'd go out and explore the braking characterisitcs a bit more, imho one event is not enough to suss out exactly how its handling