EJ8Squad919

I installed a wilwood dynalite 12.19" big brake kit on my 98 civic ex last night and have a couple questions. Im running the stock Master cylinder and booster would it make the pedal feel soft? I know i bleed the system right. I saw no air bubbles or anything when i was bleeding and bled it a couple times to play it safe. I drove the car around today and the brakes dont engage when the pedal is at 3/4 the way or thats what it feels like. Is this because i need to have a bigger master cylinder? If so what booster/MC should i get?

1998GsRIntegra

If you saw no air bubbles then I doubt you bled it correctly/enough. It is virtually impossible to open the system and not end up with some air that needs to be bled out. What size master cylinder is on the car? You may need to adjust the pushrod on the master cylinder if you don't have any air in the system or a leak somewhere.

phunhaus

A larger piston surface means you'll have to push more fluid.

Translate that to moving the pedal further or getting a larger master cylinder which will move more fluid with the same stroke.

When going with a larger or multiple-piston setup switch your master cylinder to a 1" to maintain the same pedal feel.

EJ8Squad919

No i did see air bubbles in the beginning im talking about after everything and bleeding it a couple times. I bled it 3 times and the 3rd time saw nothing but clean fluid. I talked to more people and said i need to upgrade my master cylinder. So which 1" MC do i go with? and stick with my stock 98 civic ex booster?

EJ8Squad919

Which 1" MC will bolt up with out any mods to my 98 ex booster? I read up the 99-00 ls/gsr/itr are 1" and bolt up to 96-00 civic. I have a stock 98 ex.