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TooBusy
PostPosted: March 27, 2017, 3:46 pm 
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I put RPVs in the R1 build. Sure made bleeding the brakes easy. Were there any other positive or negative effects? Not that I noticed in the short time I autocrossed it.

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PostPosted: April 9, 2017, 7:12 pm 
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Why not run the brake lines down the transmission tunnel?
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TRX wrote:
Why not run the brake lines down the transmission tunnel?


In part, that's what I'm now going to do. Perry came up with a good layout and I'm using that as a guide. There is a forward part of the tunnel where it would be very difficult to protect the rear brake line from damage by the bellhousing and/or transmission and its mount on installation/removal. All three components (engine, bellhousing and transmission) go in/out together. It's a tight fit.

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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