@@chrisweir1097 This will definitely keep thinks more consistent and most race/track cars are manual brakes but a great pad and 200tw tires go a long way as well.
@@traviscea boo! I personally am very interested lol. Whats your final thoughts then on this mod? Im working on a raw light weight dd and occasional track build and am def considering this but also dont want a car that sucks to drive and stays in the garage as a result
@@GrizleMah0gany I love it. Front/rear brake bias adjustability is awesome and can help with trail braking and how quickly the fronts lock up. Heel/toe'ing is so much easier to do and starting from barely knowing how to do it, to now, this mod was like an easy button for me to learn it. The pedal modulation I love too. With the booster, I could engage the abs very quickly with almost minimal pressure. Now, I have more travel and while it will lock up, I have to press down much further or stand on them. All that said, I would be lying to you if I said that it was all pros. It was honestly scary the first few times I drove. I was convinced I didn't bleed them enough because the pedal took so much more travel to stop the car. After about a week or so, I am fully acclimated to the mod and would never go back.
Have you ever heard of reoccurring issues with clutch master cylinders going out? Have gone through 3 master cylinders in 2 years in my 2011 wrx.. Its getting old lol
Im thinking the Dorman master cylinders are just not very good quality parts so I was going to order the wilwood upgraded master cylinder but I wasnt sure if there was possibly an issue that was causing this recurring failure
@@leohughes6921 Just the abs disconnected. I briefly unhooked the booster line prior to the install to see how it would feel. Braking with no booster is definitely noticeable and takes some getting used to.
@@traviscea makes sense. In my stage rally car, after disconnecting a large number of modules and installing aggressive brake pads i found the vacuum assisted brakes to be way too touchy. I just unhooked the booster itself. I've been on the fence about ditching the abs module and booster itself though. What are your thoughts now that its deleted?
@leohughes6921 Have to dial in the bias but it's much more...controllable. With the vacuum assist/booster, I had what felt like an inch of pedal travel which was hard to modulate. Now it's from top to nearly the floor pedal travel and time to perfect heel/toe.
Makes sense. When i finally get around to installing a proportioning valve in mine, it will probably be placed in the car in front of the hydraulic handbrake. My carhas about an inch of travel as well. I just figured that with manual brakes you gotta stand on them. My 57 belair has manual brakes and feels the same way. How can there be that much pedal travel if there's no air in the system? Thats a lot of fluid to move unless the MC has a very small piston diameter to make it have to work more of a full range of motion to work. (this would be a great conversation to have on a forum or facebook comment section)
Enjoying your vids.
I’m just in the process of installing the same brake booster.
Nice! It really makes a difference.
@ yeh I hope so as last track day I did I was getting so much inconsistency with my brakes
@@chrisweir1097 This will definitely keep thinks more consistent and most race/track cars are manual brakes but a great pad and 200tw tires go a long way as well.
Did you make a driving/review video yet? Couldnt find one. Im considering it on my sti swapped gc coupe which came factory without abs
Not yet. The video didn't seem to get that much interest...
@@traviscea boo! I personally am very interested lol. Whats your final thoughts then on this mod? Im working on a raw light weight dd and occasional track build and am def considering this but also dont want a car that sucks to drive and stays in the garage as a result
@@GrizleMah0gany I love it. Front/rear brake bias adjustability is awesome and can help with trail braking and how quickly the fronts lock up.
Heel/toe'ing is so much easier to do and starting from barely knowing how to do it, to now, this mod was like an easy button for me to learn it.
The pedal modulation I love too. With the booster, I could engage the abs very quickly with almost minimal pressure. Now, I have more travel and while it will lock up, I have to press down much further or stand on them.
All that said, I would be lying to you if I said that it was all pros. It was honestly scary the first few times I drove. I was convinced I didn't bleed them enough because the pedal took so much more travel to stop the car.
After about a week or so, I am fully acclimated to the mod and would never go back.
Have you ever heard of reoccurring issues with clutch master cylinders going out? Have gone through 3 master cylinders in 2 years in my 2011 wrx.. Its getting old lol
@@nathanielgates2863 What clutch and slave cylinder are you using? Also, just double checking, you sure it was bled thoroughly?
@@traviscea I'm using an OEM replacement dorman mastercylinder and an exedy stage 1 clutch and yes it was bled properly every time
Im thinking the Dorman master cylinders are just not very good quality parts so I was going to order the wilwood upgraded master cylinder but I wasnt sure if there was possibly an issue that was causing this recurring failure
@@nathanielgates2863 Or go OEM from the factory. Are you sure it's the master and not the slave cylinder?
@@traviscea Yeah the master is blowing out the seal on the bottom and leaking from there. I did replace the slave last time though just in case.
Had you been driving with the brake booster unhooked for a while, or just the abs disconnected?
@@leohughes6921 Just the abs disconnected. I briefly unhooked the booster line prior to the install to see how it would feel. Braking with no booster is definitely noticeable and takes some getting used to.
@@traviscea makes sense. In my stage rally car, after disconnecting a large number of modules and installing aggressive brake pads i found the vacuum assisted brakes to be way too touchy. I just unhooked the booster itself. I've been on the fence about ditching the abs module and booster itself though. What are your thoughts now that its deleted?
@leohughes6921 Have to dial in the bias but it's much more...controllable. With the vacuum assist/booster, I had what felt like an inch of pedal travel which was hard to modulate. Now it's from top to nearly the floor pedal travel and time to perfect heel/toe.
Makes sense. When i finally get around to installing a proportioning valve in mine, it will probably be placed in the car in front of the hydraulic handbrake.
My carhas about an inch of travel as well. I just figured that with manual brakes you gotta stand on them. My 57 belair has manual brakes and feels the same way.
How can there be that much pedal travel if there's no air in the system? Thats a lot of fluid to move unless the MC has a very small piston diameter to make it have to work more of a full range of motion to work. (this would be a great conversation to have on a forum or facebook comment section)
@leohughes6921 The bore is smaller. It's a 3/8ths as opposed to stock which is 1 inch. That is mainly what is affecting travel
Why would you delete ABS????
@@Crazy8ts I go over why in the beginning of the video lol