Looks like Matt Walsh and I are going to get my brakes working here in the next couple weeks. Sure will be nice to be able to stop. I guess we are going to put an STI mastercylinder / brakebooster in. Hopefully things will go well.

Good luck thuggg.


Thug life

Hey Mike.... it might end up being a few more weeks on this. I'm still putting together Matt R. turbo engine.... and I'm trying to get my furnace fully installed and operational for obvious reasons. Not brushing you off..... you know how things pile up.

I have all the time in the world Matt, no biggie. Might not re-route the entire car, just make some necessary modifications.

Mike if you need any help you know I 'm always up for some fun in the gargae at the Card residence.

I would not even think of asking you. I will keep you posted.

No I crushed it up and peed on it so I can make you guys some yellow snow cones.

On a serious note Mike I hope it all gets fixed and I am always down help anyway I can.

I know hommie.

Any word on your brake over haul yet Mike?

Nope. lol I just got back from hunting for three day and have nothing to show for it but sore legs and mud. I'll be wrapping up Matts car in the next week or two. Then I'll be giving you a call Mikey.

Sound good Matt. I have been pretty busy trying to complete this darn deck season. WHAT A PAIN THE WEATHER IS BEING!

No kidding. But hey... if you'd rather have master Scoobie builder Brandon Rowlett perform his signiture brake upgrade to your car... I understand. I won't hold it against you.

Matt, you are silly. Whenever you are ready let me know. I was also wondering if we could do this at my place as my car no longer has plates and dont want to risk a ticket. I usually do not re-license my car till January or February.

That's fine.... if that's the case then I won't have to get Matt's car done to do it. Which means..... I can probably start on that with you next week.

The only thing I hate about working off site.... is all the tools you forget to bring with you.... lol

I have a very good selection of tools, so that should not be a problem. All we are going to need is a brake line bender and line ends I believe. I guess you would know better than I what we are going to need.

I have a very good selection of tools, so that should not be a problem. All we are going to need is a brake line bender and line ends I believe. I guess you would know better than I what we are going to need.

what evenings do you have free?

I need to learn more about brakes. What's the major differances from DRUMS to SOLID DISKS to VENTILATED DISKS to DRILLED Ventilated Disks to Composite Ceramic...and why are brembos so good?

http://www.carbibles.com/brake_bible.html
Excellent read. Quite long, but if will probably answer every question you could come up with.

Wow thank you. Very insightful information. Bookmarked it and read alittle.

Looks like Matt and I will be tackling this project on Thanksgiving. Should be short and sweet, HOPEFULLY!

All I have left on the Chevelle is getting the rear quarter panel panels assembled and put in, then the rest is bolt on stuff.

I will contact you when I am ready Matt.

right on dude. I got Matt Rucksteads turbo Civic build done. fired it up and burned in the rings the other day. So I'm running out of things to do soon. I have a D16A1 to put rod bearings into and get it ready for my civic. And over Christmas my Dad gave me a scoobie 2.5L long block to go through and put head gaskets and such into and seal it up. Sounds like it was having cooling fan issues and got a little hot. Hopefully rods and cyl's are ok and it just can slip on by with head gaskets and maybe heads/block shaved.
So let me know when you're ready and I'll work you in man.

Sounds good. Should be done with the Chevelle here in the next couple weeks.

Well Matt and I FINALLY got the STI brake booster/master cylinder conversion done yesterday. Went real smooth actually. The STI is just a little bigger than the RS and almost did not fit. Got her all in and now I just need some good weather to try them out.

sp did you gravity bleed and then pump/bleed the whole system? or do you have a pressure bleeder?

We did it with a pressure bleeder and then also did the standard pump/bleed.

So Mike.... Did you move the car yet? Or are you slacking and haven't even run that new power wire for the ignition module?

Slacking. There was wind today, so I was out rockin' the kite. Probably be kiting tomorrow also.

I LOVE WIND!!

All car work has been postponed until the wind is gone.

Yes you are a slacker. lol One mans let down is an others triumph. I hate wind..... can you just keep it out there in sheep-ville?

You always go back to the sheep...

maaaaaaaaaaaan, that was pretty baaaaaaaaaaad

Yes it was.

Just went out for a small test drive and my brakes are pretty much the same. Dont know what the deal is. Matt, how can I tell if the check valve is bad?

i still think you dont have enough volume of fluid to fully compress your 28 piston calipers mikey...

Since I do not have the ABS system in my car any longer I am wondering if I remove the combination valves and just directly connect them with hardline if that would solve the problem. Pretty much done EVERYTHING else.

that would probably do the trick, hopefully. nothing worse than spending your whole life trying to go as fast as possible, because eventually you'll have to stop...

Lets get it done. I will try and get this ordered.

Now my question is, do we need something for the front or will the master cylinder drive them? Also, do we need 2 of the valve assemblies? I noticed it says that there is only a single in/out on them.

i beleive you would have only a single outlet for the front brakes, and a single outlet for the rear brakes. ive hand fabbed a couple complete brake systems and i always "t"' the line for the front and a line for the back, never experienced any issues doing it that way, but when you through an abs computer in the mix it gets alittle more complex.

We are just going to put a junction box for both the front and rear and use the stock proportioning valve. I did not realize it was seperate from the ABS, but it is mounted on the passenger strut tower. Should be a pretty easy conversion.

If I do not have brakes after this, I guess it is time to replace seals in the calipers.

Seals in the calipers? really mike? And does it make you feel better just making up BS? lol