Flexible Brake Pipes
Hello, I'm ready to get my brake pipes fitted and have already stumbled at the first hurdle. The book just says to 'fit the flexible brake pipes'. I didn't start with a donor car and have sourced donor parts from all over the place so the book isn't being very helpful here!
Do I just need to buy a standard set of Sierra flexi brake pipes, or is there another kit that would work, or do I need to get custom pipes made up? Thanks, Josh |
Hi Josh ....I have no doubt that you will have seen my build thread and I can hand on heart say that this is the bloke you need to use for brake lines, and very competitive prices ....give him a go bud and you will not be dissapointed.
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Or you can buy the braided hose and Euroquip fittings on Rally Design or other places and build your own. The cost is about 60 pounds, plus shipping. But then you don't get the nice things such as the vynil top cover and the angled fitting for the rear hose to go around the upright. And Euroquip fittings are galvanised, not stainless.
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Cheers Stot |
Sylvians brake lines do look seriously good - and his website is excellent - the diagrams etc are a great resource for thinking about routing piping, etc...
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Thanks for the help everyone - Sylvain you have email! :D
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Thank you for the very nice comments on the brake lines my friends!
Josh's brake lines are on their way :) |
Suggestions please for reliable sources of the following...(no donor car available).
Brake proportioning valve for a rear discs roadster M10x1 brake T piece M10x1 brake pressure switch Thanks |
Hi Josh,
Brake proportioning valve for a rear discs roadster : the one from the Sierra donor is enough. If you want an adjustable one (knob), Rally Design sells the Wilwood one. It's a shame, because I could have send you one with the brake lines at a good price as we supply them too. M10x1 brake T piece. members from the UK will tell you the cheapest supplier in your country I'm sure. I know Rally Design sells these parts too. Same than for the BPV, I could have supplied you one too. M10x1 brake pressure switch : as a lot of us, I use the one from the VW Beetle, it is very cheap, easy to find, and fits perfectly. You can find it on ebay I'm sure. Hope this will help :) |
I have a proportioning valve from a Fiat Uno. Its M10x1 and It has a rising piston on it so can be adjusted if needed by making a mount that stops the piston rising at a set point.
You are not allowed regular knob adjustable ones for IVA. Cheers Stot |
Brake pressure switch part number: 113 945 515h.
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Thanks for the suggestions, I shall look into it...
Meanwhile, my shinny new flexi brake lines arrived today, thanks Sylvain for the help! They are extremely high quality and worth every penny imo :) |
Thank you Josh.
If you're happy, I'm happy! They look pretty cool in blue too :) |
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Cheers Stot |
Well spotted, the bleed nipple should ideally be on top. However with the calipers swapped around there are issues running the handbrake cable.
I decided to fit them this way round and live with the fact that I'll have to take the calipers off to bleed them. It's not a big job, wheels off and then two bolts per caliper that hold them to the caliper carriers. Josh |
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What about bias bars on the pedal? With no remote adjuster cable? I had been thinking of getting an obp pedal box, but these all come with bias bars for two cylinders. I am not averse to making a fixed bias for the iva test though if necessary. Also, regarding bias calculations, a few years ago I wrote an excel spreadsheet for our formula student team to calculate the brakes needed. Anyone interested? We'll need a few accurate details on static weight distribution from a finished car as inputs, and ideally the COM height, but I doubt anyone has put a car on a tilt table to measure that. |
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Cheers Stot |
you could use bias bar on a dual cylinder set up, as it's not an adjustable valve. I think they expect to see the bias bar made un-adjustable though.....
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I was planning to go onto the rear chassis rail - just pictured in the bottom right of your photo... |
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I always thought the best place for the rear flexi line brackets is under RS7/RS7a tubes. And as spotted by Stot, the caliper on the pictures is up side down, so RS7/RS7a still seems to be a good place. Hope that will help :) |
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But here's some pics of a route across to RS14 which i'd mocked up (using the front flexis I have) which I thought might be a reasonable solution? |
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