Need advice/opinions on hilux brake upgrade

**LT1986** · 12-03-2009, 02:32 AM

...is there a thread on here concerning how to change an entire braking setup?? from pedal to distribution block?

**The Real Roadrunner** · 12-03-2009, 04:19 AM

what do you mean be entire brake setup?

from pedal to distribution block? sounds like a pedal box arrangement but i could be mistaken.

entire brake setup i would consider to be pedal box + front and rear calipers and rotors but then again thats just my opinion.

cheers
linden

**LT1986** · 13-03-2009, 02:33 AM

...yeah, itsnot really that simple lol...each model is different with pedal boxes and such...i suppos i was thinking with keeping an original pedal cluster (in my case an ra23) and updating the booster and MC, but keeping he pedal box

...seemed relevant since it would also help jap1 here make an informed decision...

**Shakotan_Aaron** · 13-03-2009, 12:32 PM

dont forget you can grab a wilwood bias adjuster, they are cheap as chips.

**old_school_jap1** · 13-03-2009, 01:14 PM

yeah i was planning to use a wilwood bias valve. did some measurements of the pedal yesterday and came up with 1.52:1 as the pedal levarage ratio, in another thread roadrunner said when running no booster you should make the leverage ratio 1.6:1, reckon i'll be right if i do that? i really don't think i'll get a booster behind the brake master, when the clutch master is so close and the wiring loom exits really close to it on the other side.

**The Real Roadrunner** · 14-03-2009, 02:31 PM

Read some of the articles in this before you go planning to mod things too much, http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/faqs.shtml

They also have some good info in the Technical white pages also, be sure to have a good grip on the situation before you make decisions that could put both your life and other's lives at risk (not saying that you will, just hoping you won't)

Cheers
Linden