Several questions regarding several areas

[Turb02]

I'm in the very slow process of rebuiding everything on my car and came across brake fluid in the booster. I'm assuming the master cylinder is leaking, correct? I plan on upgrading to big brakes...on a budget but need to buy a kit. Which one is the best for a reasonable price that comes with everything including 320 hubs? What is a great replacement master cylinder that will improve braking? 7 series? From what year and is it a single line setup? What diameter brake line should be used? Since I have to replace all of it I think I'm gonna build it myself instead of buying it prebent.

I'll be running 15x8 et0 and have read that this setup will eat bearings if I don't swap to tii struts, is this true? The car will be mostly driven on hwy.

Swapping the 265 mated to the m10b20 is going to require a lot of tunnel work, understood. What speedo cable can be used since swapping to the 245 requires the auto speedo cable. Will this cable work with the 265?

That's all for now, it's hard to see all this on the iPhone. Military networks block forums, so I have to scour the forums on the phone.

This car will be turbo if the question of "why do you need big brakes on a street car" comes up.

Thanks in advance!!

[TobyB]

I run the standard 2002 master on 2 cars with Volvo front calipers

and like it. You don't get an 'improvement' in braking from

a master cylinder change per se, you trade pedal pressure

against travel- the 'harder' the pedal, the more effort you'll have to

use to generate the same braking effort.

I prefer the junkyard route, so I'll leave the 'who' to others.

If you're doing tunnel work, you may be able to make the standard

4- speed cable work. That's what I have on my car with the

245 trans- i just rerouted it so that it sneaks up the tunnel tighter.

And no, 15x8 rims won't necessarily kill the standard bearings.

You'll want to pay more frequent attention to them (maybe annually)

but for being so teeny, they're plenty stout. You're using Turbo

flares to get them to fit, I assume...

t

[Turb02]

Thanks for the reply. Yes I'll be running the turbo flares. I had considered making my own but may go with the turbo flares.

The speedo cable question was answered by myself forgetting that I will swapping the speedo drive into the 265, duh!

With regards to the big brake setup, I feel I'm a little to late into the local pick n pulls to actually get the parts.

As for the brake lines, what diameter brake lines should be used to re-line the car?

[eurotrash]

You can just assemble the brake kit from the FAQ parts list. I just went through that a couple months ago. I got it all at a local KOI Auto Parts store for only a few dollars more than the best prices I could find online + shipping.

[TobyB]

diameter? Stock, of course- I don't remember the tubing size,

but I seem to remember it's a 10x1 thread with a bubble ('European')

flare. It's actually stocked by my FLAPS, so I don't know where to get

it generically...

t

[eurotrash]

...my FLAPS..

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