Brake master cylinder
playingmilitary
Band Wagon
are there any factory up grades fo our master cylinder when they go out. say one off an si or something like that.
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Buyer beware.
I got my 15/16 MC and booster for $55 shipped.
You got a smoking deal though 8) . How's it working?
It's working great! I was just super paranoid at first. Brakes are one of those things that just can't fail lol
I got the master and booster of a friends wrecked car for free. Used the master for a core and paid something like $32 for the rebuilt one with a new reservoir. As far as squeezing the huge booster in.... Your gonna have to pull the intake manifold. Even then it's a real bitch to get it in there. tried to get a pic of the little adapter.
The swap is a pain, worth it though. She stops quick!!!!
quick note too. My booster is mounted upside down so that the vacuum line is tucked outta site.
oh yeah. just figured out a week or so ago that I have to drop my intake manifold back to replace an alternator. Just a small drawback of stuffing a big master cylinder in there.
On my car I have 90/91 Civic EX brakes, and the corresponding master, works great.
This is so true. I used my stock MC on my 96 civic CX with ITR 5-lug brakes. Brakes didn't engage till super low to the floor.
There is also such a thing as running to large of a MC. Putting a 1'' MC on a stock car is gonna suck!
That's not what I'm saying at all. Brakes are a system, and designed to work together. Everything from the motion ratio on the brake pedal itself, to the bore of the M/C to the fluid capacity of the calipers and wheel cylinders. Increasing the size of the m/c is not like putting on a cold air intake. There is NOTHING to be gained performance wise by increasing the size of the M/C with no other changes. What will happen is that more pedal pressure will be required for the same level of brake pad pressure, and there will be less pedal stroke needed.
If you increase the volume of your calipers, then you will need a m/c that flows properly for your new, higher, flow demands of your calipers.
As you like engine analogies, here is one. If you have a 1.6l engine, you aren't going to go and put a tractor trailer turbo on it, or a 5" exhaust, as they are not appropriately sized for the flow of your engine, and by doing so, not only will you not get any benefit, you will likely have adverse results.
I'm all for increasing performance and capacity, but modifications need to be done to complement other mods, not just to say "it's bigger".
which model car and year is this setup from?