Your DD is now your track car, what do you do?

[Ken]

K04 swap. 382hp / 332lbs-ft.

Nothing else. Not even sticky tires. You could tell which part of the track I was on just by looking for the plume of tire smoke coming from the inside front wheel.

What he said.

Oh, and a roll cage. I guess. If you're into that kinda thing.

Given my experience with stock GTI brakes, I'm not sure what would happen first if you legitimately tried to track a fully built K04 swapped GTI without any supporting mods. Either you'd cord the inside tire after 10 laps or you'd completely boil the brakes over and die in a fire.

First time I really hustled my car on a back road I got significant brake fade and that's nothing compared to the stress you put a car through on track. I've got new fluid since then but the pedal is still sort of spongy and not confidence inspiring.

Speaking of which I woke myself up yesterday morning driving the BMW for the first time in a couple months. Someone stopped short and I hit the pedal like I was in the VW. hock:

yeah, I did notice that as well pretty quickly. The Evo's brakes legitimately saved my life one time - some asshat tried cutting someone around into the right lane around someone without noticing that it was stopped traffic and jackknifed his car across the highway. I was forced to lay on the brakes and he just barely missed taking out my front end. Positive that he would have in the GTI.