Hi,

you may be aware I'm trying to recommision my Granada and hopefully get an MOT on it too.

Have been running it fine where it has sat (for 6 years). I have done loads of work and slowly, finally getting there. Turned it around today and realised that my excellent brake pedal didn't = excellent brakes good job it was a 3 point turn on my drive.

I have a bias pedal box fitted (no servo) with 335 discs and Monster 4 pots. On the rear I have Cossie 4x4 set up.

I went to this set up as I was cooking standard stuff. This car was a dedicated track car and so chose this direction. I can now recall that the braking effort was always greater than it used to be but once I got heat into the brakes then I could manage.

Now, for a road car this is not acceptable. I have had all 4 corners off the car to check over brakes, bearings and suspension etc and all is good with nothing siezed.

What is a hard pedal and no stopping indicative of? Any ideas maybe from the mk1 / 2 Escort fraternity as they run bias boxes.

I am tempted to go Cossie pump (non ABS) but would like to retain what I have.

I have a .700 front cylinder and a .625 cylinder for the rears. I am running Mintex race pads front and green stuff rears all with braided lines throughout feeding Castrol SRF to the 4 corners.

What say you?