Brake Bias Valve (advice)
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Brake Bias Valve (advice)
Im after some advise about brakes. I have got a 1.8 gti which needs the rear brake compensator replacing. What i want to know is would i be better off ditching it and getting a bias valve instead?
The car has been lowered considerably on a ajustable leda / koni / eibach setup and has Willwood 4pots and g60 280mm discs + a 16v servo and master cylinder.
I am right assuming that the bias valve does a similar job to the compensator?
All help is appreciated :-)
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So, they're not equivalent.
Also, if you used a bias valve, you'd need to change the dual circuit diagonal split to single circuit (or front/rear split), which is inherently less safe.
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LTU282Y said
collo, did you remove the brake compensator?
Yep,my car has been heavily stripped and as such the rear end is very light,and even with the compensator working I was locking rear brakes and entering corners backwards 8O .
So binned the compensator,fitted two bias valves in the lines to the rear brakes,have fitted them on the N/S inner wing under the bonnet,near where the battery used to be(Mine is now in the boot)I have reduced rear brake pressure by nearly 60%,still passes MoT and work's so much better on the track,majority of the work now being handled by the front brakes
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