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Vegas69 07-22-2017 08:12 AM

I agree with Mike. Unless it's a race car, power brakes are superior on the street. Manual brakes give you the ultimate feel and control under heavy braking, but there are trade offs and my opinion, street drivability is one of them.

gerno 07-24-2017 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Spiffav8 (Post 662677)
Are you able to push the pedal all the way to the floor? Perhaps you need to move the seat forward or a put pillow behind you to help those short legs reach the pedal. You can always go old school and tape a block to the pedal.

:underchair:

As much as this sounds like a joke it was the problem I had with my car. I thought for sure I had enough travel but didn't. Brakes wouldn't stop at all until I extended the linkage and added ~1-2" of travel. After the extension they were terrific. I have a 7/8 with Wilwoods, might not be the same issue but I really think its a test you should try

randy 07-24-2017 09:25 PM

Kore3 set me up with wil-260-8556-bk wilwood 1.125 bore since I went with c6 z06 corvette brakes. I can tell you my car stops very very hard without much effort. I honestly feel my 67 camaro brake pedal brakes just like my 2015 Infiniti as far as pedal feel but my 67 will stop on a dime. I'm also running hydroboost

Blake Foster 07-25-2017 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Musclerodz (Post 662690)
Personally I would put power brakes on it, but thats just me. Sometimes safety/function should outway form, or make it a focal point. Most the manual brakes setups I have done (customer request) I am rarely happy with the outcome.

humm we only do manual brakes and have never had any complaints.
with Baer proplus we use a 1" and with Wilwood a 15/16" master

Musclerodz 07-25-2017 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Blake Foster (Post 662904)
humm we only do manual brakes and have never had any complaints.
with Baer proplus we use a 1" and with Wilwood a 15/16" master

Customers don't complain, they asked for them. It's alot of work to properly size piston bores, master cylinder bore, pedal ration, etc to get manual brakes to work like I want them to work. No big deal if your installing the same setup multiple times. Unless the customer is asking for a manual setup, I would rather have the safety margin of power brakes for customers that own way more car than they can drive to start with.

DOOM 07-26-2017 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by gerno (Post 662859)
As much as this sounds like a joke it was the problem I had with my car. I thought for sure I had enough travel but didn't. Brakes wouldn't stop at all until I extended the linkage and added ~1-2" of travel. After the extension they were terrific. I have a 7/8 with Wilwoods, might not be the same issue but I really think its a test you should try

Hmmmmmmmm I'm going to look at that !

dhutton 07-27-2017 05:50 AM

Hi Mario. I think you need to do the math. Math is here:

http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/1...Tobin-of-KORE3

The specs you need are here:

http://lukeskaff.com/projects/car/th...-measurements/

Sometimes it pays to enlist the help of an expert like Ron or Tobin.

Don

DOOM 07-27-2017 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhutton (Post 662998)
Hi Mario. I think you need to do the math. Math is here:

http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/1...Tobin-of-KORE3

The specs you need are here:

http://lukeskaff.com/projects/car/th...-measurements/

Sometimes it pays to enlist the help of an expert like Ron or Tobin.

Don

WOW!!! Looks like I'm gonna put a call into Ron he did my shocks . :thankyou:

6camaro9 08-14-2017 09:24 AM

Mario, I have been having the same issue with my brakes and was wondering if you would share what you found wrong with your system. Thank you in advance.

Ron Sutton 08-14-2017 11:42 AM

Mario & Richard ...

What are the piston sizes of your front & rear calipers?

Ron


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