Anyone running manual brakes?
I've been researching this a bit lately. I'm just wondering who has done the conversion out there. What was your reasoning, what product you used, to what extent to you drive the car (drag, street, road course), and how you like it.
Any input from those with personal experience would be great.
~Eric
bb71mopars are manual. factory manual
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yep, i drive it very little , only on the weekends i have no problems with it
my notch has manual brakes! no problems with them!
what car?Originally Posted by rockthemullet
manual brakes here...
1. weight
2. Cam makes shit for vacum
3. Boost and vac power assist don't mix well
4. i like the feel of manual brakes anything to get my acctions more direct to the way the car respondes i'll do it.
I think where most of you have your problems with all of this, is the fact that you really don't fully understand the internal workings and dynamics of the common combustion engine. There is no magic tune up, and motors are stupid. The only time a motor will complain is when something is wrong.
Both for my cobra (99) and my bastard project 4.6L escort.
What kind of car? That was one of the main reasons I was even considering it. That, and to declutter the current engine bay. Right now, the cobra runs on a hydroboost system so deleting the PS and manual brakes would knock out a whole lot of stuff.
How is everyone's pedal force and feel compared to the assisted brakes?
~Eric
mustang...
Another reason is that I have a BBF and it would have abeen a really tight fit to get it in there with power brakes. Then try to fit a hot side in there with it lol yeah right.
I think where most of you have your problems with all of this, is the fact that you really don't fully understand the internal workings and dynamics of the common combustion engine. There is no magic tune up, and motors are stupid. The only time a motor will complain is when something is wrong.
Yea, I have a pretty tight fit in mine with the 4v heads. The 4.6L DOHC is actually dimensionally larger than a BBF, lol.
How is the pedal feel and effort?
Manual brakes on my Jeep. I honestly don't think pedal effort is really that much different and the pedal feels the same. The Jeep sees the sand dunes, sand dragstrips, and a lot of street use and I've never had a problem.
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