binks101

Hello all as above anyone using them are there any good?

jamie956

My experience of them is not good, poorly made and not very well engineered.

Admittedly I have altered an escort one to fit in my Cortina but that's only the mounting points, had loads of issues getting clutch to work with crap pedal ratios and brakes are poo which I also put down to the pedal box.

binks101

Not good then mate:/

binks101

What other companies sell decent pedel boxes??

jamie956

What car is it for,

paul16v

Tilton make very good pedal boxes, avoid compbrake/obp cheap tat.

andy escos

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I had a comp brake pedal box and they are crap the pedal ratio was 3.5 to 1 which is bad Tiltn do excellent pedal box,s which are upto 6 to1 which is very good

binks101

3 door jamie

binks101

Cheers Paul and Andy will look them up!

Richie.

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Got both my Tiltons via these guys: http://www.competitionsupplies.com/tilton

Good advice and top service

jamie956

I think unless your doing an all out race car changing the pedal box can be a lot of hassle for not a lot of gain. I don't think any of the tilton boxes are going to be a straight swap there likely to need a fair amount of fab work to fit.

binks101

doing all the fab work now jamie like roll bar mounts engine mounts etc some making a bulkhead mount shouldn't be a problem

Sonic Boom

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I have to say I got excellent service from CompBrake after speaking to David @ the Autosport show at the begining of the year.
I was after a dual master cylinder setup which bolted in place of the original ABS master cylinder which they did for many other cars off the shelf but not the Sierra.
He said no worries send me a ABS unit and I'll copy the bolt pattern and make you a custom one which he did for no more money than a stock item.
You can now buy a sierra one from CompBrake
And it's been faultless all season so much better than ABS setup.
Rich

markk

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With Compbrake it does depend on who you deal with.

Sonic Boom

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Here's a couple of photo of the my Dual Master Cylinder setup from CompBrake before I fitted it:







Rich

matthewpickup

I bought one , a direct replacement .... there was nothing direct about it , my brakes are crap and would cause you to crash , I called them and asked about fitting , and if they would do the job , and after giving them around £500 I am now taking it back out as its no good , I have no idea how they get away with selling this , trading standards wants to be giving them a talking to as its not as they say .

Sonic Boom

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The same as mine above?

Rich

matthewpickup

no not the same at all , which is strange but maybe its so they could say its direct replacement , as its basically just a standard peddle box modded to have the two master cylinders and balance bar

Sonic Boom

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What you want is what I had above mate, it does just bolt straigh on you don't have to touch the pedals at all other than to disconnect the old rod and connect the new one.
Rich

matthewpickup

yea that was the kind of thing I was wanting , how much was it if you don't mind me asking?

Sonic Boom

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With the box, both master cylinders, in car adjuster, 2 x pots with remote lines and brackets £300 all in

Rich

matthewpickup

that's good , wish I had seen this before nevermind I know now
thanks