Postby busheytrader » 08 Mar 2009 13:20
Hi,
I uprated the brakes on my 7 well before my V8 conversion. I've never hidden the fact that the standard brakes and I never got on. I hated them.
I uprated the front and rear brakes with stuff bought from S & S back in the late 80's / early 90's. True guru's of our wedgeworld and I followed their advice that a bit of extra rear braking effort would be acheived by fitting the earlier 4 speed cylinders (it's a well accepted mod). The 2 pot Ford brakes are much more powerful AND progressive than the original fitment tat, so there's no issues of locking up the rear before the front. The MOT test would show this up and I've passed plenty of them since.
The 4 speed cylinders fit exactly as the 5 speed but a little hole is drilled in the backplate to take a differently placed locating pin.
IMHO the standard master cylinder wasn't designed to work with my larger capacity Ford calipers. There was far too much pedal travel even with braided hoses for my comfort but I solved this by fitting the uprated m/cylinder and servo offered by Rimmers at 20% off a couple of years ago. Why them? Well their special offer did it for me.
Adam
TR7 V8 DHC Jaguar Solent Blue. 9.35cr Range Rover V8, Holley 390cfm, JWR Dual Port, 214 Cam, Lumention, Tubular Manifolds, Single Pipe Exh, 3.08 Rear, 200lb Spax & Solid Bushes, Anti- Dive, Granada Vented Discs & Calipers, Braided Hoses, Green Stuff, 4 Speed Rear Cylinders, Uprated Master Cylinder & Servo, AT 5 Spokes and Cruise Lights. No Door Stickers. Mine since July 1986, V8 from 1991
