You beauty!.........through engineering

stephen low · #1 (**permalink**) 11-11-2007, 02:04 PM

You Bast... Craig, my seat was in but not my steering wheel or shroud, it was still hard to measure!

400TT · #2 (**permalink**) 11-11-2007, 03:20 PM

Your steering wheel was out.

Bugger, my (16") steering wheel was in and it certainly caused me all sorts of problems.

Looks like my plan might have backfired.

stephen low · #3 (**permalink**) 11-15-2007, 03:56 PM

Chased my engineer as to whether he has seen my VIN yet but no luck. Seems Vicroads must be going into Xmas mode early, damn bureaucrats.

But good news is that the process of making the VIN application locks my car into the system for compliance, presumably as of the date of the application or its entry into the system.

Also took the opportunity to re-question the engineer on the brakes and it is the balance he is suggesting as needing tweaking as the best way to reduce the early front wheel lock up tendancy.

Presumably there are simple brake balance systems out there that can be fitting into the system? Can anyone point me at a picture of something applicable?

Is it a case of just re-routing all brake line outlets on the master through the proportioning system and thence to each corner? Then playing on road to get a suitable balance?

Any information would be great.

Cheers

Aussie Mike · #4 (**permalink**) 11-15-2007, 04:47 PM

My VIN seemed to take an eternity to arrive. I think I waited nearly 4 weeks. Hang in there, you'll be registered before you know it.

Cheers

400TT · #5 (**permalink**) 11-15-2007, 05:07 PM

Sounds like you are going to have to be patient for that VIN. QLD is no different, it's months for QT to approve.

Stephen, you will have to modify/disable the internal proportioning valve in that master cylinder of yours, then fit an in-line manual adjustable proportioning unit. Speak to a brake master cylinder reconditioning place, they will know what to do and what's the best approach with your master cylinder. They might also be able to correct the brake balance by swapping you to a different master cylinder.

Or alternatively you can fit better front calipers that have smaller piston capacity, that will also fix your brake balance and improve front braking. Nissan Skyline calipers should perfect piston size for you, but you will need to make sure you can mount/adapt them. The location of the mounting tangs on the calipers could make them anywhere from easy to difficult to mount.

Your pedal ratio is right, so you should be able to get great feeling brakes.

WKB · #6 (**permalink**) 11-15-2007, 05:55 PM

Slowy.
My car took 19 weeks from engineering to registration. Customer service is not a strong point for Qld transport. You learn all about patience.

Warren

400TT · #7 (**permalink**) 11-15-2007, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by WKB

Slowy.
My car took 19 weeks from engineering to registration. Customer service is not a strong point for Qld transport. You learn all about patience.

Warren

Warren, it certainly takes some patience. I think our wait was actually longer than that, can't remember now. It was long enough that we had actually just about given up hope.