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Weak Brakes - Master Cylinder?
Hi guys - had my car out on track yesterday, and the brakes were pretty lacklustre. It's all working correctly, stops in a straight line,they're just a bit weak, I really have to stand hard on the pedal.
They are sierra fronts and BMW rears (discs). The rears are huge so power is re-directed forward by a bias control valve. The master cylinder is out of my donor BMW E34 5 series, and it had a hydraulic powered servo, which I didn't use as it was very long and the hydraulics were complex. So, I'm guessing the unassisted master cylinder simply can't provide enough stopping force. Isn't the roadster normally fitted with a sierra master cylinder without the servo? Is there room for the servo, if required? I'm thinking of replacing my donor cylinder with a sierra one, with servo, in order to seriously upgrade my braking power. Unless you guys can think of anything else that would be hold the brakes back?
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By no means am i braking expert but just by reading what you have said i too would assume its the reason of a non-servo system, i also assume that there is no "spongy-ness" ?
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You don't want or need a servo on such a light car, what pads are you using as normal road pads won't take much punishment on a track day they will fade!!!
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What is the diameter of the E34 master cylinder compared to the sierra one? Have you checked the hydraulic ratio compared to the original sierra setup?
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To answer all 3 questions:
1. No there's no spongeyness, brakes all bled nicely. 2. EBC Greenstuff pads all round 3. Don't know the dia of the ATE master cylinder - still trying to discover that. I' slightly embarassed to say I don't know what you mean by hydraulic ratio - could you explain please? Thanks!
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Ok - after lots of digging through BMW websites, I've found the master cylinder is 25mm diameter.
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Hi aerosam, there are a number of articles on the web regarding mcyl sizing and pedal ratios which should help, basicaly a smaller diameter mcyl will give you more brake pressure with slightly more pedal travel and you shold have a pedal ratio of about 6 to 1. Here are a couple of interesting articals; http://www.hotrodheaven.com/tech/brakes/ and http://www.markwilliams.com/braketech.aspx . Cheers Brendan
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