[Tigers] Brake System Recommendations Needed

[Smit, Theo]

Get a helper to push the brake pedal firmly, while you observe the
master cylinder in the engine compartment. It helps if you put your hand
on the master cylinder and gauge its motion relative to some nearby
thing. You may find that you're actually flexing the whole pedal
assembly including the firewall area.

On another car I built a brace that ran from the strut tower (it was a
MacPherson strut front suspension) to the master cylinder base. This
noticeably improved the pedal feel and that was with a booster.

Theo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim &
> Carolyn Burruss
> Sent: January 21, 2009 2:36 PM
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Brake System Recommendations Needed
>
> Quite a few years ago, I removed the troublesome brake
> booster from my 1965 Mk
> 1 Tiger and installed a smaller bore master cylinder to
> recover some of the lost line pressure.  There was some
> softening of the pedal, which frequently occurs with
> increased mechanical and/or hydraulic advantage.  I've
> experienced the same on other cars as well.
>
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