Okay, okay, my stock rubber brake lines are aging and you've convinced me it's time to replace. You mentioned Earl's Performance, but are there any others recommended or is Earl's hands down the way to go? Also, what kind of cost am I looking at and are there any gotchas in removing the original lines (like broken ends, cracks in the lines, etc.)?
George '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 123k miles "Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert K. Kuhn Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 1:03 AM To: Troy; The Rex list Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CRX: Big Brake Upgrade On 07:58 PM 09/01/02 -0600, Troy said... I've got a 89 DX, and it's got the same shutter as "Jiggy". My Jiggy?!? ;^) I'm doing a B16a swap in a few months and I'll be switching to Integra axles, So if I get an CRX Big brake upgrade now, will I be able to transfer the rotors over and have them fit onto the new Integra Axle/assembly without any fitting problems? As far as I am aware, there is no fitting problem but I could be wrong. I think Lee & Tracy Grimes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) are running 'Teg brakes (and suspension?). I'm assuming if I also do a rear drum-to-disc conversion I'll need a new proportioning valve and a master cylinder, will 15/16 cut it? or is it going to be overkill? Every site I've found seems to have a different opinion.. It can't hurt to have the additional braking performance of all four wheel disc brakes even though the fronts do all the stopping. The stock Si disc should suffice, IMHO. Most of the people that I know of that did the rear brake conversion went with the Si discs and used the master cylinder from an Si. I don't think you will need to go with a prop-valve unless you find yourself locking the front or rears up. Thanks for the Help Troy I would also recommend replacing the stock rubber brake lines with stainless steel lines. All of my current and past vehicles sported them and all of them were made by Earl's Performance. The first time I used a set of SS lines was on a VW Bug that I had just lowered up front and found that the stock rubber lines were not long enough. I had two options, go with the longer stock-rubber lines that the VW Van/Bus used or go with a set of SS lines which could be made to custom length (and they weren't all that much more than the stock rubber lines). I went with the SS lines which made braking performance much more positive feeling (and this was on a car with all wheel drums) mostly because they don't flex (or balloon) like the rubber ones tend to do when they get older. And they looked cool too.... :^) Robert K. Kuhn CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) 1990 Honda CRXsi (http://drive.to/jiggy) ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla) Mount Laguna Cruise (San Diego County) - September 2, 2002 http://www.crx.org/southcal/events.html To see who all is coming: http://www.crx.org/southcal/rsvp.html
