David Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Back in the day with escorts with disc brake front, most of the guys would rat 2x Hillman imp brake master cylinders, as they had the right bore to operate the factory escort brakes and already where set up with a remote reservoir, (In the Imp the reservoir is about 1/2 meter away from the master cylinder it's self). On doing this you threw away that manky escort brake booster and installed one of the single circuit remote brake boosters out of a Hillman hunter, connected to the front brake system only. These boosters are the goods as they have a 1:1 ratio and can be mount anywhere you can get vacuum and brake lines too. Just as long as you mount the booster lower than the brake fluid reservoir. If you didn’t put a booster in, you built up some pretty strong leg muscles in your right leg and made heal-toeing very hard. One advantage with the Hillman booster is that it will let the brakes operate like normal if vacuum is lost and by putting it only in the front brake system if there is a failure you still have back brakes. Although you are using different brakes you will have to find appropriate master cylinders, but I hope this info is of some use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Cbf reading all the other posts but vans also use remote res systems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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