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Originally Posted by SSLance
Glad to hear you are getting it all dialed in...I think we need a video with good sound from the inside during one of these "driving it" sessions... 
How in the world does this front tire not rub?
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Getting there. Still some bugs to work out for sure.
Stiff....its really stiff Lance Believe it or not the rears rub far more than the fronts do. Also remember I am not really worried about the paint so a little rubbing is ok with me.
I suck at video, both taking it an editing it. Ill get my nephew to shoot some video for us all =)
Well, some tinkering last night found my first major snafu in my build so far.
In messing with my brake bias and trying to figure out why the car felt like it was must missing a few calipers I adjusted the proportioning valve and the stopping got worse and I got a pull to the passenger side, like rip the wheel out of your hands pull.
So chatting with volvo buddy Asher he pointed out that I have it all wrong. So some testing of his theory by adjusting the proportioning valve out to add in "rear" brakes gained back all of the stopping power and pedal feel and took the pull away from the passenger side and gave me a little pull to the drivers side.
When I built the plumbing for the brakes I did everything as others have, with the exception of the proportioning valve, but in my head it worked.......Obviously I didnt think too deep on this.
Volvo has a cross plumbed braking system in an effort to be the safest car on the road, they have a network of plumbing that essentially has 4 front brake lines and individual rear brake lines right and left. The master cylinder has 2 lines, but really not a front and rear, its really a dual bowl system. the idea is that if one of the systems were to completley fail you would only lose one of the rear wheels braking 100%.
So in effect my plumbing and proportioning valve is modulating one front and one rear caliper :-P
So I either ditch the prop valve and put a straight piece of pipe in there or I re plumb the entire brake system and start over.
I will say that with the prop valve fully open the car has amazing brakes!!! Cannot wait to get some real pads in there.
But here is my derp moment....always learning something new right?
Sean