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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 09:13 AM
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ON the driver side I have 2 cannister looking things which brake lines go into

Now, I was going to rip all of the standard shite out of the car and replace with new brake line and having a bias valve inside the car, can I just do that instead of using these can things lol
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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i did , ive got 1 line that goes to the back through a bias valve and then t off, the other line does the front 2
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 02:24 PM
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So
do the lines have to be the same length?

was going to split the first line for front 2 brakes, then the other into bias valve, then out then split that one for rear brakes - make sense?
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 02:34 PM
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i went 1 line in to a t piece on the bulkhead then equal lenght down to the fittin under the arch then another line to the caliper, the rear line in to the car through a bais valve by the dash then to the back off the car in to a t piece and then equal lenght to each side , got ride of the shit valve things at the back
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 04:49 PM
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the ones to caliper from the connection on inner wing are good, as these were done with my ap's

its just the lines to each caliper/connection i want to get rid of, fed up with shit brakes

the 2 cannistro thgs, what are they, just below wiper motor
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 06:31 PM
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The cannisters are the rear brake compensators. They reduce the pressure to the rear brakes for safety.

If you are fitting a bias valve you can remove them, and its not critical to have the pipes the same length
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 06:38 PM
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they'll be binned then lol
i will try and get the lines from the split to each caliper the same, makes sense I suppose
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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 06:46 PM
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Its always going to be better if they are more or less the same length, the longer the pipe the more loss there is.....
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