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which rear brake cylinders give lowest pressure

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:46 am
by pad4
Hey chaps

Trying to sort out a braking issue on the car (to much on the rears) - currenty i have s discs (non servo'd) , tiltion bias valve and mk3 S rear cylinders (gc1102), bias valve is set to give most pressure to the front but its wound out all the way to its max and Id like a bit more of a safety margin to play with - locks the fronts up fine but i still think the rears could do with backing off

I want to put lower pressure cylinders on the rear - but do you go up on bore size or down on bore size ????

Cheers in advance

Re: which rear brake cylinders give lowest pressure

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:11 am
by WNX700H
Smaller the cylinder smaller the output , is the valve a shut off type or reducing type ie does it shut off and not allow any more pressure to the rears which is what you want on a Mini due to the short wheebase.

Re: which rear brake cylinders give lowest pressure

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:39 am
by Vegard
I've fitted 1/2" cylinders on all my cars with discs. Perfect!

Re: which rear brake cylinders give lowest pressure

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:31 pm
by dhenry
Do you fit the 1/2" cylinders and a bias valve or will the 1/2" cylinders on there own suffice? Cheers,

Re: which rear brake cylinders give lowest pressure

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:22 pm
by Vegard
I've used an adjustable valve as well.

Re: which rear brake cylinders give lowest pressure

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:59 am
by pad4
1/2 inch cylinders will arrive today - Ill post the results !!!!