$100 Hydro Ebrake how to.

so yeah if im dumb thats cool but i havent gotten the answer from reading the posts but i got an idea but i want to be sure!! i plan to purchase the staging brake soon, but i want to be sure, ur hooking this up to the rear line and the rear stays hooked up to the master?? so the rear brake still works normaly under foot braking?? just want to make sure i understand this right!

[sukimoto]

awesome! cant wait to see

[Slammed_GSL]

Hydro Ebrake

I've been collecting parts for this ever since I saw the GTO at Seattle HIN, I found a thread on the web discussing this install and they (Millen Motorsports) used a master CNC Master cylinder for the Ebrake, I didn't see how that would work with the resivour(spelling) and how it would affect the Main master brake cylinder....so I called them, spoke with Eric and he told me they installed a 2nd set of calipers in the rear(Wilwoods) to do the work and not cause negative feedback with the front and rear bias. Pretty cool, so I had already made a deal on a second GSL rear end (read rear disk's) and picked it up today. The rear calipers are perfect, small and compact, line is inplace, just need to install and plumb it in, alittle welding to add the new mount but other then that easy. Will post pics when I get around to this, coil conversion is first.

[Motdyn-Ls1fd]

For shizzle.

[brainfood]

Yeah prob. just leave my stock ebrake maybe try to move it to the other side of the tunnel. thanks for the info though let us know how well it works when you have some time to test it out.

[Motdyn-Ls1fd]

You could put a removable pin on the handle, however i wouldnt trust my car on a hill with the chance of any pressure loss.

[brainfood]

thanks for writing up some tech stuff.

have you drifted on this setup yet? how does it affect brake feel and consistancy under your foot while the hand is braking as well? i would imagine as you use your hand brake it would change the feel on the foot pedal, making your braking kinda erradic. is this true?

go drift it and tell us!

The regular cable opperated hand brake affects pedal feel when you are on the brakes and the hand brake as well since at least on 240's it is still actuating the rear calipers not a stuped ebrake shoe inside the rotors. I have been looking for a hydralic ebrake for a while I too was looking at custom brackets and a second set of calipers I will try this out. Is there anyway to put a pin in the handle to lock it for street use? maybe I will just keep my stock ebrake as well.

[Motdyn-Ls1fd]

Al lagura uses one and says its not a problem.

We will see.

[aaronlosey]

thanks for writing up some tech stuff.

have you drifted on this setup yet? how does it affect brake feel and consistancy under your foot while the hand is braking as well? i would imagine as you use your hand brake it would change the feel on the foot pedal, making your braking kinda erradic. is this true?

go drift it and tell us!

[Motdyn-Ls1fd]

yaay for easy stuff. We rule. jk.

I hope that more people would post up stuff that they have learnd the hard way. It makes it so much better for everyone else.

[CrazyHawaiian]

Wow thanks for posting this. I did some research and got a parts list for my own setup but it was so much more complicated than this. This is definately the best way to go since you dont require another reservoir (as you said) nor do you need a second rear caliper (which requires custom backing plates). This method is 100x easier and cheaper. You rule.

[Motdyn-Ls1fd]

This is if you were running it to the front brakes. just imagine it saying to rear brakes instead.

[Motdyn-Ls1fd]

You dont cap off the rear brake line. Just imagine it this way.


master cyl-------brakeline----stagingbrake--------rear brakes.----=====

The staging brake just goes in line.

from the master cyl, to the staging brake, to the rear wheels.





:::: The reason you dont use the cnc ebrake is because the staging brake doesnt req its own resovor. It simply goes in line and pushes the fluid that is stored in the line to actuate the rear brakes.



Also if you were to use the ebrake you would need a seperate input on your calipers, because if you hook up the ebrake to your reg brake line it will affect pedal feel and proportioning.

[Piner]

am I missing something?? but what do you do about the brake line going to rear from before to you cap it off crimp and weld it?? so you dont lose pressure in your regular brakes?

[FD3S_pilot]

ahhh terrorist...j/k lol...

good write-up
i didn't think this set-up was that easy.
thumbs up seven up for good tech write up