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muddy_90:
Is it possible to fit 11 inch brakes all round or would it coruse an problems??

Cheers
Matt

Rich_P:
It is possible I believe, but you may not want to do such a thing.  Most braking setups involve the brake balance having the greater braking capacity on the front, with the weaker braking capacity on the rear.  Otherwise you could very easily end up in a situation where the rear wheels lock up as the weight transfers to the front, with the result of the back end wanting to slide out from your control.

dew1911:
Which is still controllable...

What you don't want is the fronts to lock, because if they do then you loose steering and breaking power.

9/10 you want more braking power at the front which gives you greater stopping power, but not as much control. By having bigger brakes on the rear your stopping power isn't as great, but you have far more control over the car while braking.

mark.yellow.series.3:
my s3 has 10" drums all round. so in theory has equal braking capacity front and rear.

cstokes:
I think you may have over looked one small point and that is the 11" front brakes are twin leading shoe, which means that the two pistons push out the shoes in the same direction, where as the 10" brakes a single leading shoe which means that the shoes push out in opposite directions.  So my point is that how would you stop the vehicle when you are reversing if you fitted 11" brakes all round.

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