over braked on the front end, what to do??
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basicly, on heavy braking the rear end goes stupidly light and trys to over take the front! im now running 4 pot brembo's on my uno turbo but still have the original discs and calipers on the rear.
is there any way of shifting more of the braking force to the back?
ive thought about a brake bias (in car one) but surely there fitted for when u need to reduce the braking from the rear??
help!
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is there any way of shifting more of the braking force to the back?
ive thought about a brake bias (in car one) but surely there fitted for when u need to reduce the braking from the rear??
help!
cheers
Dunc
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should have a load proportioning valve nr the back beam
try adjusting this as if the car is lower or carrying more weight this should give more stopping power to the rear
may help had to do this on my 5 gt turbo and helped
cheap and easy remedy hey but worked lol
try adjusting this as if the car is lower or carrying more weight this should give more stopping power to the rear
may help had to do this on my 5 gt turbo and helped
cheap and easy remedy hey but worked lol
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your right about the bias valve on the rear end, so put it in the front end circuit...it'll reduce the front to compensate for the rears......so presuming your setup is good enough you should be able to set it up right.
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cheers for your replys.
my car is stripped out totally and is now pretty light on the rear end, so ive got no weight there over the rear brakes.
also, im running coilovers and theyre set pretty hard so the stiffer springs option is done already.
any more advice?
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sillyfez, would that work fine? where in the front brake system would you fit it? as theres only one line to the rears, yet 2 lines from the master cylinder for the front so which one would u put it in?
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my car is stripped out totally and is now pretty light on the rear end, so ive got no weight there over the rear brakes.
also, im running coilovers and theyre set pretty hard so the stiffer springs option is done already.
any more advice?
thanks again so far
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sillyfez, would that work fine? where in the front brake system would you fit it? as theres only one line to the rears, yet 2 lines from the master cylinder for the front so which one would u put it in?
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cheers ginge, nice sarcastic comment there! if i dont know, then i ask!
anyway, cheers for the replys. different springs it is then! man, so much to think about when modding cars! bloody changing springs...more expense! lol![Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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anyway, cheers for the replys. different springs it is then! man, so much to think about when modding cars! bloody changing springs...more expense! lol
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If the cars light at the rear and your on coilovers you will benefit from getting the corner weights set up , too much weight/rake at the front ( like what you decribe ) will allow the tail to wag the dog .Drop the rear of the car a few mm and try again .
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