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Old 05-15-2016, 08:34 AM
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Thank you guys for the good info. I looked up Mike Polan's Brake Calculator and I'm sure it will put me in the ballpark. From there I can do the fine tuning you all suggested. I wish I would have taken the pressures, but I made adjustments before thinking about it. Car is up on jacks now for clutch work and maybe trading the T5 out for an auto trans, so I'll have time to really look at this issue. I've tried to lock it up in the past with my GoPro watching one of the front or rear tires and was unable to do so. But, I did notice that under very hard braking, right at the end, just before the car stopped, the front tires tried to turn to the left. It didn't do this each time, but it was not a good thing, and I'm concerned that Wilwood tech may have steered me wrong. I have the .81" rotors on the front, and have the calipers for the 1.01" rotors, which they said would work. I questioned them about it, and they assured me there would be no problem. Do you guys have any idea what may have caused this to happen - the wheels turning to the left, abruptly, right when the car stopped??? I also installed the Wilwood suggested MC's, front is 3/4" and rear is 7/8". I do not have Wilwood calipers on the rear, just the stock Ford Explorer calipers, which seem to be working better than the new Wilwood calipers on the front - but that is probably due to a misadjusted pedal.
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... But, I did notice that under very hard braking, right at the end, just before the car stopped, the front tires tried to turn to the left.
That has nothing to do with the master cylinders. One of the front calipers is working differently than the other, either because of geometry or contaminated pads.
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