Stock FD3S pedal feel: the why
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Stock FD3S pedal feel: the why
This may be old news to some, but I found it to be an informative article:
http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/knockback.htm
http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/knockback.htm
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I've seen people do it on the track. I will start practicing it next season when I put in my ATE Super Blue fluid. I had brake fade last time and it was due to boiled brake fluid.
This is a very good advice above though !
This is a very good advice above though !
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Nice article. I experienced this in my old MGB years ago, but assumed it was just the crappy brakes. I got in the habit of tapping (without knowing why) and still do it. I also learned to heel/toe in that car because it would die at every stop if I didn't hit the throttle when braking (eventually I figured out how to correctly adjust the carbs). I learned a lot from that bucket of bolts. Thanks for posting the link.
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I don't think the "knock back" in the FD is from rotors, wheel bearings or hub flexures. You get the exact same pedal feel (pedal firms if you pump it once) just backing slowly out of your driveway and you can repeatedly do it within only dozens of feet.
I think it's the master cylinder design or possibly some sort of interaction with the ABS pump that causes it to not maintain the line pressure at "rest".
Anybody who has removed the ABS still have this?
Anybody with different master cylinders still have this?
I think it's the master cylinder design or possibly some sort of interaction with the ABS pump that causes it to not maintain the line pressure at "rest".
Anybody who has removed the ABS still have this?
Anybody with different master cylinders still have this?
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