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Re: Brake Upgrades for the performance minded

To: Two00mph@aol.com
Subject: Re: Brake Upgrades for the performance minded
From: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 19:39:10 EDT
On Tue, 29 Jul 1997 00:38:49 -0400 (EDT) Two00mph@aol.com writes:
>Other brake upgrades:
>(1) When installing a dual master cylinder setup the two cylinders are
>plumbed to diagonally paired wheels (ie one operates the RF and LR, 
>the other
>does the LF and RR).  This is a safety issue, so the car will stop 
>straight
>ahead if one system fails.  You may wish to pair them race car style, 
>so one
>operates the front wheels and one the rear. Then you can install a 
>brake bias
>adjuster in the line to the rear brakes to control brake lockup.

Most American and Japanese cars DO have the split MC plumbed this way,
Diagonally split.  But our LBC's dont.
 Instead they are split front/rear, which you refer to as "race car
style".  
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget

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