Was looking at Ken's Kustom bolt in new MC.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Replace that bulky old master cylinder with Ken's ultra-light weight unit. This is a direct replacement. Remove your old brake booster and bolt this in. All this for only$110</TD></TR></TABLE>


Anyone know of other options too or used this? Wanting to retain stock pedals etc, but only need front brakes to operate. Seemed like just what I was looking for.
Thanks

 

Used the Kens in a DA. Works like a champ. You may have to drill out the clevis to fit the pedal though. I had to.

Jason

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SFWD 1934 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Used the Kens in a DA. Works like a champ. You may have to drill out the clevis to fit the pedal though. I had to.

Jason</TD></TR></TABLE>

Cool. Thanks for the input

 

I've just finished the install of the Ken's kit on my car. Seems to work well. The clevis has a real tight fit, but nothing a little shaving won't fix. Looking forward to getting her to the track for some real testing other than the driveway rollout.

 

Bump for more info cause I plan to buy one

 

how's the braking for daily driving without the booster?

 

why is there only one brake line out of the master?

 

You need to send that line to a distribution box (spliter, prop. valve) and then run lines to each corner.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmcivicferio &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why is there only one brake line out of the master?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Idealy this would be used just for the front brakes, while using a staging handbrake for the rears.

BTW I saw on Ken's site there was a fire. Anyone know anything about how their doing there? That sucks.

 

Yea you might be waiting for quite a while.
His whole shop burnt down like 2 weeks ago

 

Its really terrible what happened to them. I guess they were only able to save a few things from the fire, the rest was lost.

They had an appointment to meet with their insurance man the first part of May to re-adjust their coverage...I hope they work everything out.

 

would this work well on a daily driver?

 

Our new building is on it's way up and there is no wait on orders.

 

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X2

 

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i don't think you can run rear brakes with this setup...so with that said i think daily driving would suck ***

i'm not sure but thats what i'm assuming

 

I made a thread on this before, n someone said that it wouldn't be a good idea for street driving.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1117707


Modified by newgsr at 5:15 PM 5/3/2005

 

it can be used on the street. It just has a different feel than with a brake booster.

 

im sure it would be a lot harder to stop since there is no vacuum bringing the pedal down when pressing on the pedal correct?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by all mOtor h23 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im sure it would be a lot harder to stop since there is no vacuum bringing the pedal down when pressing on the pedal correct?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Unplug your booster line, its really not that bad.

 

Any plans on making a 90* under dash mounted one liek they have for domestics?

http://www.kugelkomponents.com....html

 

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Unplug your booster line, its really not that bad.</TD></TR></TABLE>

it really is...especially in sudden braking...i would want the assist in an emergency..

 

We're prolly going to run this on the racecar soon to to add clearance for our 52mm TWM's. We had to do some creative rerouting of the brake lines to make it clear with the 15/16ths MC that is in there now...

I wouldn't run that on the street though...