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Old 03-01-2010, 02:10 PM
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If you go to the 1 inch master you could always drill a hole higher up and increase your pedal ratio to get the effort back down and still have the fluid volume you are looking for...
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One step ahead of you I already drilled a hole but it marginal if there is enough clearance for the pin inside the pedal housing and it decreased the travel of the master cylinder piston to just shy of the master cylinder piston travel. I'm running the Wilwood old fashion dot 3 with a hint of Autozone dot 3 since I ran out last time. I'll do the pads first and take it from there.
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Old 03-01-2010, 11:24 PM
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I've seen people add a hole too high up (in an effort to get more pedal ratio) -- and then they go "over center"... once the pedal/rod goes over 90* --- you're REDUCING pressure on the master... NOT GOOD!
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Old 03-02-2010, 08:57 AM
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In my old road race Mustang, I used to run either the Ford High Performance fluid (in the blue can) or Motul fluid. Both are excellent. I ran PFC pads and then switched to Hawk blacks. I much preferred the Hawks.

It may be different with the larger, newer brake systems, but my Baer A-Sedan brakes with PBR calipers had to be bled every 20-40 mins of track time. Rotors lasted about 10-12 hours on track.
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