exactly, bit like all the excel drivers that think short shifters are cutting its height down :y:

you can add a second cailper via a bracket and you keep it a completely separate system. Then you retain your standard brakes for genaral drivin standard handbrake for hills and the new one for drift etc..

but i have drums!, is that still possibel, i wouldnt think so....

Manufacturers probably don't run hydraulic hand brakes because a seal failure would result in the brakes coming off (when you've parked it at the top of a big hill).

Id say its because its cheaper to run cables.

Id say its because its cheaper to run cables.

 

 

Ive seen some systems where people make a whole new hydraulic system seperate to the existing hydraulic brake system.

I never had any issues using the standard handbrake - just remove the handbrake button and spring when you are at an event to stop it locking on.

 

If you want to do it, have a talk to :y:.

whs :y:, should i know of him?

 

cheers

 

yea will leave it for a track car project

 

cheers

i though the thing was that the hydraulic handbrakes is that they don't stay up after you pull them. thus making them useless for parking on hills. i'd be leaving the cable one in for safety reasons.

whs :y:, should i know of him?

 

cheers

 

yea will leave it for a track car project

 

cheers

 

 

:y: also known as REDWRF :D

i though the thing was that the hydraulic handbrakes is that they don't stay up after you pull them. thus making them useless for parking on hills. i'd be leaving the cable one in for safety reasons.

 

You can still ratchet them......it's still the same effective action as a normal cable hand-brake, except the force is transmitted from the lever to the caliper via hydraulic pressure instead of cable tension. A calbe handbrake without the ratchet won't stay up either, which is the whole point of those "drift buttons" you see on eBay - they remove the ratchet lock from the lever, thus making drifting etc easier (you just reef the handbrake up and let go, don't have to worry about releasing it)

also need to remember that pulling a std cable hand brake up in most standard cars will eventually rip it out of the floor...

also need to remember that pulling a std cable hand brake up in most standard cars will eventually rip it out of the floor...

 

And really hard reefing can stretch the cable....

Which is why you have the adjuster......

 

Never heard of anyone ripping the handbrake out of the floor. Must have bigger muscles than me :P

 

No need to buy a "drift button" for a corolla, just unscrew the button out of the handbrake lever to disable the ratchet. Easy as.

Ive seen it happen to cars that have gone to play at powercruise and try their luck a few times, not to mention a few friends with RWD cars that like to dick about on the streets