I tried running my cars with manual brakes since they are lighter and much easier to setup dual M/C's and much easier to package as well. I figured it would be fine since almost all race cars use manual brakes even the big heavy stock cars etc.
But, yeah, they sucked. Sucked for street driving and sucked for track driving. Very difficult to be smooth when you had to put so much muscle into the brakes. I ended up mounting a hydraboost with a bracket that uses dual M/C's, but the whole contraption is almost 16" long and quite heavy and would not package in almost anything but a specially built tube frame (like my car).
To be happy with manual brakes on a street car I think you need to be <2800 lbs. and like Chris said you still need a perfect mix of bore sizes and pad friction.
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