I was going to swap my 1992 Civic VX master cylinder/brake booster with a unit from a ITR, but I noticed that the ITR brake booster has 4 bolts on the side going into the cockpit, whereas my Civic unit only has 2 bolts.

Is this right? I keep reading that people are doing Interga master cylinder/brake booster swaps as direct bolt ons and I have never seen anyone mention that the Civic setup is 2 bolt vs the Interga 4 bolt.

If I keep the stock booster, but swap the master cylinder, would it give my brakes a little more grip?

Thanks

 

won't help your brakes AT ALL! I tried the 15/16" MC and 1" on stock size brakes. Never felt a difference till I swapped on Teg brakes/knuckles.

Best $150 you can spend on brakes!

 

I have already swapped in disc brakes from a 99 GSR, and while the larger disc in the front and the disc in the back help a little, it is not stopping as well as it should. I suspect the stock 13/15" MC/booster is not delivering enough pressure to the calipers.

Is anyone here running stock booster and MC with GSR brakes with good results?

Bottom line: Do I have to swap out the booster to get decent performance or will swapping in a 1" MC do the trick?

Thanks

 

Its all about the 40\40 Proportioning Valve...

Suprdave

 

swap the mc and the booster its worth it. there are 4 bolts under there, just gotta get way in there and find the other 2 they are there.

 

hatchy....
I dunno why your civic has a 2 post booster, but nonetheless, an integra MC/booster will fit on your EG.

You'll totally notice the better brake power once you slap that integra MC/booster on. That's where all the braking power you're missing out on is at....

meat - integra mc/booster
potatoes - GSR/integra brakes
side of sour cream - proportioning valve
(although I think PV isn't manditory, I've ran a stock civic PV and then switched to an Si/EX's PV and didnt notice anything better)

 

The pedal feel will be worse. You have to move more fluid (larger calipers) with a small (stock) master cylinder piston. I am sure several people are using the stock booster/master cylinder... esp. those who have B18C1 swaps...
Installing the booster/master cylinder after the motor in is a fun task.

The first ting to do is swap the master cylinder! That will help even a stock braking system.

Willie

 

Thanks for the feedback, I'll go ahead with the swap and see what happens this weeken!

 

Koo, I'm with you. I'm about to throw my GSR MC/booster into my 93 CX. I also have the front GSR knuckles and brakes/calipers and I'm odering the rear disc brakes tommorow. Maybe we can share results.

 

I'm with all of u too.. after this xmas headache, I'll be installing the SI front brakes (Hawk HP+ pads), front 26mm CTR swaybar and LCAs, rear LS brakes (AEM/Nissin pads) and rear 22mm ITR swaybar, with Integra mc/booster, 4040 prop..

I'll post up the results right after..

 

I'm with you fockers too! I'm doing an ITR suspension in a '92 VX.

 

Does an ITR MC/Booster move more fluid/is stronger/better than an Integra GSR MC/Booster?
TIA

 

Same piston diameter as far as I know.

Will

 

nope..same ****, just different resivour cup.

 

Well all I can throw into this suject is my own swap, 93 coupe dx, first swap gsr rear disc's with civic four door e-brake cables, (4 and 2 door coupe's are same part # just as hatch's and integra's are) and I felt a very slight improvement but the brake pedal was a little further down when appling brake compaired to stock, next I went ahead and installed the power booster and master cyl for a 94-95 integra LS/GSR, while rerouting one brake line and cutting very little off and reflaring the line with the abs fitting on there, while at the same time I installed a non abs porporting valve off a 92 integra ls 40/40, that made a large improvement, the pedal was very firm better than stock, that would have been fine but I also swapped out the front brake's to do the hybrid type-r front brakes, 94 integra knuckles, 92 accord wagon calipers and 94 lude vtec rotors redrilled, now after installing those, the brake feel was great, pedal wasn't as firm but still a little firmer than stock but the over all braking was greatly improved.

 

Gonzo,When you swapped the boosterout, , did your DX booster have 2 or 4 bolts??ON my 92 VX, it looks like the booster has only 2 bolts and to make matters worst, it looks like there are only 2 holes in the firewall for those bolts, so I am not sure the Intega booster will swap in without modification..

The Intega booster is 4 bolts.

 

92-95 hatchbacks have 4 bolts for the brake booster.
The top 2 are kinda hard to get to... I usually do it by feel

Willie

 

Like everyone else is saying, there is 4 studs on all civic/integra boosters, look under your steering column, the two bottom nuts are easy to get to, the other two are harder to get to so use a flash light and possibly a mirror to locate, when I did mine the bottom two were easy and so was the left upper nut to get to, it was the right upper nut that was not really visible

 

oh yah, and invest in a deep 12mm.. First time I took one off at a yard, I was there for 20 mins taking that pos off.. Next time around, deep 12 = 5 mins..

 

Thanks!!