Chasmon Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Hi all, Just a quickie. How many of you have installed dual circuit brakes, ie on opposite corners? I have already decided to route my brake lines inside the tunnel not wanting to tempt fate. But it seems slightly odd to me not to have a safer system as standard. Cheers C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 I assume you mean connecting the LF to the RR, and vice-versa? On a Westfield, you should connect both fronts to the *rear* port of the master cylinder, and both rears to the front oport of the master cylinder. No reason to worry about the brakes at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasmon Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 My understanding was that on a dual circuit system you have two independant cyclinders on one shaft so if one line gets depressurised you maintain pressure to two wheels. I thought it was FR with RL and FL with RR, but I could be wrong. I know the standard system is just front and back off one line each but production cars have featured a failsafe for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu999 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 The 'split' of the circuits can be diagonal, as you describe, or front/rear split. It is exactly the same fail safe as your average production car, they feature either system as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thos Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 You could go extra crazy and fit twin tandem cylinders !! An individual run for each corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasmon Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 OK I was looking for a serious answer, is it worth fitting a cylinder with a dual supply? I intend to drive my car slightly differently to how I drive my daily car so I would have thought it was more worthwhile...or am I paranoid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Yep, you 're paranoid John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromit Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 .or am I paranoid? No, we are all out to get you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasmon Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu999 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 OK I was looking for a serious answer, is it worth fitting a cylinder with a dual supply? I intend to drive my car slightly differently to how I drive my daily car so I would have thought it was more worthwhile...or am I paranoid? The internals of a dual circuit master cylinder is effectively two systems. There are even two separate fluid 'compartments' built into the fluid reservoir. If the worst were to happen, the fluid *could completely drain out of one circuit, but it would leave the other side to bring you to a halt, albeit with more pedal travel. A sytem with two master cylinders would behave in exactly the same way if a circuit were to fail too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasmon Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 OK, but that means to ahve this facility I would need something different to the standard tandem brake master, correct? Or does that just split things front and back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu999 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Nope - the standard tandem master cylinder splits front/rear, and keeps the circuits totally separate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasmon Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 OK, Thats a wait off. I have been miss informed then! Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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