planetester
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| posted on 7/12/05 at 10:08 PM |
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Escort Brakes
Just reading my later locost car club magazine & there is an article about a chaps SVA experience, He had standard escort brakes all round, yet
needed a reducing valve to the rear brakes, has anyone else had this problem on books 1300 locost with standard escort brakes, thanks all
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dnmalc
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| posted on 7/12/05 at 10:41 PM |
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what this locost car club magazine ??
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planetester
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| posted on 7/12/05 at 10:57 PM |
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http://www.locostcarclub.co.uk/
what about my question????
[Edited on 7/12/05 by planetester]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 08:09 AM |
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Depends on which Escort brakes and what wheel cylinders he used, also what pads he used on the front. 8" drums and standard 1100 MK2 saloon
wheel cylinders should be OK.
Put use 9" drums off an RS and bigger wheel cylinders and you get close to the edge.
The quick fix is to use a presure control valve from a Mondeo --- these are screwed straight into the master cylinder rear circuit outlets on the
non-ABS Mondeo. The Mondeo has two a Locost just needs one. Only a small alteration to the route of one brake pipe is required.
They are also fitted to ABS mondeos but ion ABS models are fitted to the outlets of the ABS unit rather than the master cylinder.
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Hornet
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 08:17 AM |
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hi dude.. I used cortina hubs and calipers (same as escorts) m16 and 9" rear drums. passed sva without any problems.
Cheers J
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Marcus
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| posted on 8/12/05 at 09:00 AM |
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Our first car had Escort brakes all round, including master cylinder and servo. We had to fit a reducing valve to get the brakes anywhere near for SVA
- standard book chassis with 1600 x flow.
The second car used Escort brakes with Manta master cylinder with the servo removed.
This passed fine!
Marcus
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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