01.06.2006 - Chip tuning is a relatively simple way to obtain a substantial boost in engine output. In many cases, the brake system will then need uprating to deal with the improved performance. One attractive option here is the ATE High Performance Brake Kit: this offers outstanding braking performance even under the toughest conditions, is easy to install and, in a neat spin-off benefit, features racing brake visuals.

The all-round performance of the ATE High Performance Brake Kit left a selection of motoring journalists suitably impressed. Valiant Auto Parts Co. Ltd., authorized ATE distributor in Hong Kong, had invited representatives of the media and selected members of automobile clubs to a live demonstration of the ATE High Performance Brake Kit as part of a tuning workshop on May 27 this year. The event, held to mark the official launch of ATE tuning products on the Hong Kong market, was attended by representatives of four major magazines: “Car and Driver”, an international motoring magazine, “Option Fans”, the most popular tuning magazine in Hong Kong, “I-Car”, an internet motoring magazine, and “Hot Machine”, a popular weekly motoring magazine.

30 other guests represented the Audi, BMW, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, Mini Cooper and Opel automobile clubs. They all enjoyed an extraordinary event which was the first of its kind in Hong Kong. The workshop started with a live demonstration. A High Performance Brake Kit was installed on an Audi A4 1.8T Quattro. All the guests could follow the work closely on a video screen. Then came a test drive. Valiant Auto Parts had put its trust firmly in the quality of the conversion kit: no modifications had been made to the vehicle or the highperformance brake system itself before installation work started.

Anyone who experiences it firsthand will be enthused.

The trouble-free conversion procedure and the test drive were clearly impressive: media representatives and auto club members alike were full of praise. In addition to the ATE High Performance Brake Kit, Valiant Auto Parts presented the entire range of ATE high-performance products: ATE PowerDisc, ATE PowerPads, Super Blue Racing brake fluid and ATE SL.6, the new low-viscosity brake fluid.

The ATE High Performance Brake Kit also came in for considerable praise from the specialist magazine “Flash OpelScene International“, which had tested the Opel Astra H 1.9CDTI tuned by Lexmaul. To quote the magazine:

"Lexmaul has also significantly improved the deceleration of the Astra. The ATE High-Performance Kit with bigger ventilated discs (326 mm diameter), fourpiston calipers and flexible steel hoses is another reason to belt up tight. Just touch the brake pedal and the car comes rapidly and safely to a standstill. This package makes driving a diesel real fun. Furious acceleration, fast cornering and top-class braking!"

The ATE High Performance Brake Kit includes two four-piston fixed calipers with trailing pads, two-part ATE PowerDisc brake discs, flexible steel brake hoses and the assembly materials and installation instructions required for the vehicle in question.