Brake booster question

[My5ABaby]

Originally Posted by RETed

Read the Grassroots Motorsports magazine brake primer - Pulp Friction - here:
http://www.scirocco.org/faq/brakes/p...n/pfpage1.html

Pay attention to page 2, as it goes into brake master cylinder bore sizing...

Personally, I don't usually trust propaganda spewed from vendors, as they are trying to sell you something.


-Ted

I agree with you about propaganda from vendors. I will say that Stoptech's whole point that I read was with a properly designed front brake system you don't need big rear brakes. I am a bit of an exception because I want rear brakes for other reasons besides just performance.

Here is a quote from their paper on rear brakes. The first quote was from a customer of Stoptech.

"The folks at STOPTECH should consider developing a rear kit to match their front setup. They'll be very happy with the performance improvement if done properly." Well, since our FRONT systems are designed properly, we save you the need to spend your money on the back axle. Let's reword that quote to reflect the STOPTECH philosophy: "Our competitors should consider developing a FRONT kit to match their stock bias condition. They'll be very happy with the performance improvement if done properly, AND will save their customers the cost of a rear brake upgrade in the process."

All of that being said I am not going with Stoptech. I have today talked to the guys at Revolution Brake and got the answers that I was looking for. They are not part fitters. They are brake engineers. They actually take in account all of the stock systems specifications and try to replicate that as close as possible with the larger Wilwood rotors and calipers. They use computer software to do this. They said that they can usually get the brake bias damn near spot on to the original specs. They said if it is a little off it usually tends to add a slight bit more towards the rear than stock.

They see no problem so far with the stock MC. They haven't crunched the numbers yet so we will see....I should have my kits by the third week in July.

[Christopher W.]

Originally Posted by RETed

Read the Grassroots Motorsports magazine brake primer - Pulp Friction - here:
http://www.scirocco.org/faq/brakes/p...n/pfpage1.html

Pay attention to page 2, as it goes into brake master cylinder bore sizing...

Personally, I don't usually trust propaganda spewed from vendors, as they are trying to sell you something.


-Ted

I agree with you about propaganda from vendors. I will say that Stoptech's whole point that I read was with a properly designed front brake system you don't need big rear brakes. I am a bit of an exception because I want rear brakes for other reasons besides just performance.

Here is a quote from their paper on rear brakes. The first quote was from a customer of Stoptech.

"The folks at STOPTECH should consider developing a rear kit to match their front setup. They'll be very happy with the performance improvement if done properly." Well, since our FRONT systems are designed properly, we save you the need to spend your money on the back axle. Let's reword that quote to reflect the STOPTECH philosophy: "Our competitors should consider developing a FRONT kit to match their stock bias condition. They'll be very happy with the performance improvement if done properly, AND will save their customers the cost of a rear brake upgrade in the process."

All of that being said I am not going with Stoptech. I have today talked to the guys at Revolution Brake and got the answers that I was looking for. They are not part fitters. They are brake engineers. They actually take in account all of the stock systems specifications and try to replicate that as close as possible with the larger Wilwood rotors and calipers. They use computer software to do this. They said that they can usually get the brake bias damn near spot on to the original specs. They said if it is a little off it usually tends to add a slight bit more towards the rear than stock.

They see no problem so far with the stock MC. They haven't crunched the numbers yet so we will see....I should have my kits by the third week in July.