^^ well that didnt work....
^^ well that didnt work....
that was funnier than the quote
any pics of this thing yet?
my mate tried to make one for his crappy nissan out of a trailer handbrake
If you go to Race Brakes in Wetherill Park you can get a discount if its to a "race car" .... i had one put into my car and to date it is worth every cent spent on it .... locks wheels very easy
hmm i know this thread has died in the arse but i been playing around with something similar......does anyone know if pumping fluid threw the hole where the bleed nipple is in the calipers will make them lock?
because if it does then its just a matter of running lines back to a brake master resivor in the cabin with a leaver atached to it...right?
Adam
I was wondering where this topic went...haha
I was thinking about it the other day and did some looking around and i found 1 that D2 make, dunno how much it cost though.
yeah i saw that before....but making that part is easy...like an hour of fabricating and welding and its all sorted....
i put together a mock set up where i kept my standard handbrake and to the pasanger side transmition tunnel i mounted the whole set up in a rally sort of fashion with a half meter tube going straight up which u just yank ....the problem is that i want to keep my normal brakes on the rear and just make up something that just plugs into the bleed nipple hole...it just seems like the most rational way to do it unless im missing something
does anyone actually know if pumping fluid into the bleed nipple locks the brakes?
Adam
Toyota Camrys have hydraulic handbrakes
The problem with the handbrake pictured above, and all the other ones available at race shops, Is that they are designed to be used in place of the original handbrake, which is illegal in a street registered vehicle.
Steves handbrake it a completely seperate setup, and it doesnt intefere with the original handbrake at all. It mounts to the side of the transmission tunnel, beside the gear shifter, and has a handle that extends upwards, between the wheel and the gearshift (like a rally style sequential shifter)
As for running the hydraulic handbrake to the bleed valve side of the calipers, thats not necessary. You just need to tee into the rear brake line, and the standard proportioning valve will stop pressure getting to the front brakes.
Any pics of the original ones mentioned?
no they do not.
if they did, it wouldn't comply with ADR's.
the ADR relevant to brakes states that the parking brake(emergency brake) must not be hydraulic, and must be of a mechanical nature.
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