trickytiker Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 anyone fitted a remote brake servo if so what type and where fitted also it brobabily needs to twin line are thay avalable kev Quote
adhawkins Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 Do you really mean servo? Or do you mean reservoir? I don't think I've ever heard of a Westfield with brake assistance... Andy Quote
trickytiker Posted March 27, 2006 Author Posted March 27, 2006 yes andy. servo as in brake assist has anyone done it kev Quote
adhawkins Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 Umm...can't think why you would want to? Wouldn't it just be extra weight for little appreciable gain? Andy Quote
Blatman Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 Servo's are *not* required. Save your money, time and effort. Quote
trickytiker Posted March 27, 2006 Author Posted March 27, 2006 andy i have just finished my westy it has a 250 hp duratec in it i also have another make of 7 with a servo not a remote servo and i think the stopping power is mutch better regards kev Quote
Blatman Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 My race Westfield has getting on for 250bhp, and I'd *never* sully the braking system with a servo. You *do not* need one, no matter how much power you have. If the brakes aren't any good, fix the brakes. Fitting a servo won't improve a badly constructed braking system... Quote
scruffythefirst Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 unless you want abs, then you have to have one. Quote
trickytiker Posted March 27, 2006 Author Posted March 27, 2006 blatman my car has just past the sva so no broblem with brakes ime sure you have the sense to realise that some things are a personel prferance if you cannot answer a siverlised question why bother if my brakes were as good as your ego ide brobibly be happy Quote
adhawkins Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 Hmm...slightly over the top reaction there. All Blatters was saying is that (admittedly, in his opinion, but it's one I'd trust) that a servo really isn't required. Andy Quote
trickytiker Posted March 27, 2006 Author Posted March 27, 2006 dont agree . nothing in his post to say in his opinion. i only wanted a answer to my question Quote
adhawkins Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 dont agree . nothing in his post to say in his opinion. i only wanted a answer to my question Fair enough. IMO, everything on here should be taken as someone's opinion... The advice you're getting here is worth every penny you're paying for it... Andy Quote
kipford Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 Servo will not make the car stop better, as blatters says, that depends on how good the basic mechanical set up is, what it does do is to reduce the effort required from the driver. This will be seen by some people as 'Improved Braking'. All my circuit cars never had a servo on (to much weight and complexity) and they stopped fine (Mallory hairpin sorts the men from the boys ) Other thought is with a new car just through SVA, the brakes are possibly not fully bedded in yet, I would give the car a couple of hundred miles then worry about it. Dave Quote
Thrustyjust Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 strange how my mates 300 bhp V8 stops on a dime on standard cortina discs and uprated pads.Not a servo to be seen.I think that the only 7 'ish car that may use a servo is a Robin Could.But then you pays yer money..... You could get an MG B remote servo kit and fit that.God knows where,maybe where the passenger seat is.Are you going to run a Diesal vacuum pump off the auxilary belt or imbalance the throttle bodies by running vacuum on one inlet port? Quote
jeff oakley Posted March 27, 2006 Posted March 27, 2006 This is my opinion A servo is not really necessary in a westfield unless you have a disability or suchlike, however if you must have one, for reassurance, there are two ways of doing it. For both you would need a twin circuit servo, the only company I know is SVC. The choice then is how to power it, one way is to run a vacuum takeoff from the inlet manifold which will cause an uneveness in one of the manifold tracts. The other way is to use a seperate vacuum pump which can be mounted on the end of the alternator like an astra diesal, or a seperate pump off a peugeot 405 IIRC. The twin circuit is needed because you will have a split braking system one feeding the front the other feeding the rear. I hope that is of some help in deciding to do or not to do. Jeff Quote
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