Re: [Amc-list] real amc'ers

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, yeah, I meant to add, if I ever get to it I will be adding the adjustable prop valve in place of the no prop valve at all setup on the American.
  It actually works fairly well right now.
I have 83 discs up front with 205/60/15" tires
69 9" drums in the rear with 255/60/15 tires
1979 Mustang manual disc master which I have discovered is a 7/8" master.
The pedal is firm, yet has feel to it.
Takes a good solid effort to lock up the rears, with no loss of control and no front lockup before it stops.
--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 
> >> block. has anyone ever used one of the wilwood
> >> distrobution blocks for front/rear with the adjustable
> >> pressure valve?
> 
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, dornbos@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > I use the Wilwood on my '73 Matador. I switched to disc front
> > brakes and did not change the master cylinder or use power assist
> > so the balance was wrong. I used the Wilwood because it was
> > easier to find quickly AND because I could foresee making further
> > changes in my brake in the future AND because I don't care if my
> > car remains stock. Note: I bought the Summit brand from Summit
> > for far less money but it came as the Wilwood (which I knew from
> > my friend who had purchased one earlier.) I haven't touched it
> > since I set it originally. On somewhat slippery conditions, my
> > rear tires lock up just before my front ones.  > > good luck.
> 
> When I replumbed my Hornet, I re-did factory plumbing (combo
> block and all that). I now regret that, and wish I had skipped
> the brake-fail block nonsense and done it straight with the
> Willwood prop valve.
> 
> For those of us who maintain their cars top-notch (pretty much
> all of us here with cold cars!) that idiot light isn't useful
> -- I bleed my brakes annually/biannually and usually know what
> state they're in (eg. I look!).
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