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Old Oct 19, 2014 | 09:26 PM
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Hello all as above anyone using them are there any good?
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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 08:56 PM
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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.
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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 09:44 PM
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Not good then mate:/
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What other companies sell decent pedel boxes??
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 04:59 PM
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What other companies sell decent pedel boxes??
What car is it for,
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 05:02 PM
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Tilton make very good pedal boxes, avoid compbrake/obp cheap tat.
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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
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Originally Posted by jamie956
What car is it for,
3 door jamie
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 08:05 PM
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Cheers Paul and Andy will look them up!
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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by binks101
Cheers Paul and Andy will look them up!
Got both my Tiltons via these guys: http://www.competitionsupplies.com/tilton

Good advice and top service
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Originally Posted by binks101
3 door jamie
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.
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Originally Posted by 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.
doing all the fab work now jamie like roll bar mounts engine mounts etc some making a bulkhead mount shouldn't be a problem
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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.
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With Compbrake it does depend on who you deal with.
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Here's a couple of photo of the my Dual Master Cylinder setup from CompBrake before I fitted it:

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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 .

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Originally Posted by 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 .
The same as mine above?

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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
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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.
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yea that was the kind of thing I was wanting , how much was it if you don't mind me asking?
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With the box, both master cylinders, in car adjuster, 2 x pots with remote lines and brackets £300 all in

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

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