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hrosenthal
06-11-2013, 11:47 AM
I am planning to deviate from the manual and install two brake fluid reservoirs rather than the one provided by FFR.
This will change the routing slightly.
I had read someplace that I should connect the front driver and rear passenger caliper to one master cylinder, and the rear driver and front passenger to the other.
The FFR manual shows the front calipers on one master cylinder and the rear calipers on the other (the way I envision it in my mind, this makes more sense).
Is there a correct method to handling this?
thanks
One m/c is for the front and the other is for the rear, when using the dual Wilwoods as supplied by FFR. The number and/or location of your reservoirs has absolutely no bearing on how you route your brake lines from your m/c.
I think that what you read about was a diagonal brake system layout as some European cars have.
Olli
68GT500MAN
06-11-2013, 01:21 PM
If you are using the Wilwood master cylinders you will have a reservoir going to each one. One master for the front brakes, one for the rear brakes so that you can adjust the bias.
Doug
edwardb
06-11-2013, 01:41 PM
How you do the reservoirs isn't directly related to how you run the circuits. FFR shows a single reservoir with a "T" feeding both MC's. I'm certain that would be fine, but many including me opt for separate reservoirs for each. For the circuits, every build I've seen has the front on one MC, the rear on the second. No diagonal circuits.
MPTech
06-11-2013, 02:13 PM
fyi, not sure what system you are running, but for the Mustang setup (donor, not Wilwood), the front port on the M/c is for the rear brakes and the rear port is for the front brakes. (and don't use the OEM proportioning valve)
hrosenthal
06-11-2013, 02:29 PM
How you do the reservoirs isn't directly related to how you run the circuits. FFR shows a single reservoir with a "T" feeding both MC's. I'm certain that would be fine, but many including me opt for separate reservoirs for each. For the circuits, every build I've seen has the front on one MC, the rear on the second. No diagonal circuits.
I plan to eliminate the "T", and run each MC to it's own reservoir. I was under the impression that the diagonal setup had something to do with one of the systems failing.
CraigS
06-12-2013, 07:12 AM
Some regular cars used to do the diagonal split back in the day. But I haven't seen one in 15 years or so.