Anyone every convert to manual brakes?
I have a project car and basically will be replacing the whole system. I was looking at a manual brake setup. Is it comfortable for street and even some road track driving?
Older car doesn’t have abs, just looking at some options.
Yes I know I need a master/caliper/proportioning valve al configured to be compatible.
It’s gonna be hard in regular traffic but on the racetrack i can see why you would want stiff brakes.
This is my personal experience w/ my manual brake E36 that I track and drive on the street. I need around 80lbs of pedal pressure to threshold brake. For regular street driving, I don’t have any reasons to ever need more than 20lbs. So it’s very manageable, and I enjoy the precise feel that the brakes give me.
Well 80 lbs is not that much, so you have softer brakes in your bimmer. However this depends a lot from car to car, brake system to brake system and so on. So on some cars you will find that you need over 200 lbs of force for peak pressure and 50 for everyday use. It’s worth giving this manual brake thing a try tho.