Stainless Steel Braided Brake Hoses
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Greetings, just wondering if anyone has fitted these to there TVR S? if so what brand did you go with & did you notice any difference in the braking?
The goodridge ones are around £100 (seems abit steep) & theres HEL ones on here for £79 http://auto.helperformance.com/tvr-s-series a little confusing as one says '5 hoses' & the other '4' :/
The goodridge ones are around £100 (seems abit steep) & theres HEL ones on here for £79 http://auto.helperformance.com/tvr-s-series a little confusing as one says '5 hoses' & the other '4' :/
If you don't fancy making your own I'd suggest speaking to Stevsons, small but very knowledgeable and helpful company.
Some cars have a mix of threads, all fittings metric except the tee that splits the feed pipe to the rear trailing arms could be imperial thread.
A Google search of old PH posts may help, basically some suppliers seem to have confused the much earlier Vixen S with "our" S series cars?
As for "any difference" that is hard to quantify, you will obviously need to bleed the brakes so that alone could improve things and often other parts (pads, shoes etc.) are changed during a brake system upgrade so which or what components made the improvements
Then there is the placebo effect..... I've spent all weekend and a lot of money on it, it must be better
Some cars have a mix of threads, all fittings metric except the tee that splits the feed pipe to the rear trailing arms could be imperial thread.
A Google search of old PH posts may help, basically some suppliers seem to have confused the much earlier Vixen S with "our" S series cars?
As for "any difference" that is hard to quantify, you will obviously need to bleed the brakes so that alone could improve things and often other parts (pads, shoes etc.) are changed during a brake system upgrade so which or what components made the improvements
Then there is the placebo effect..... I've spent all weekend and a lot of money on it, it must be better
greyhulk said:
Greetings, just wondering if anyone has fitted these to there TVR S? if so what brand did you go with & did you notice any difference in the braking?
The goodridge ones are around £100 (seems abit steep) & theres HEL ones on here for £79 http://auto.helperformance.com/tvr-s-series a little confusing as one says '5 hoses' & the other '4' :/
Beware of the off the shelf kits as I have never seen one which seems to reflect the hoses fitted to our cars. And that is assuming that all S series cars have the same hoses.....Neither 4 or 5 hoses would be correct if they are made to the original pattern.The goodridge ones are around £100 (seems abit steep) & theres HEL ones on here for £79 http://auto.helperformance.com/tvr-s-series a little confusing as one says '5 hoses' & the other '4' :/
I followed Mikes' advice and went to Stevsons, armed with my old hoses as patterns. It was then easy to identify the metric and imperial hose end on my car.
I got a set made up for the front and got the two per side changed to one longer one. There was a company on the web somewhere that wil make them to size with the ends that you want.
Always remember changing to st st hoses from the rubber ones on an old Triumph Spitfire. It transformed the brakes...instead of the effort going into inflating the old hoses, it actually went into better braking effort....after that I always will prefer to change to st st
Always remember changing to st st hoses from the rubber ones on an old Triumph Spitfire. It transformed the brakes...instead of the effort going into inflating the old hoses, it actually went into better braking effort....after that I always will prefer to change to st st
....Are they ?Hi All
If you can get them made up and they will fit ?, that's the way to go, making your own up is easy, you do end up with extra bits and fittings you don't need.
The best way is to take off your old hoses and take them with you (you have to remove them anyway so why not first) that way you know you have the right ends on and they will fit.
Alan
If you can get them made up and they will fit ?, that's the way to go, making your own up is easy, you do end up with extra bits and fittings you don't need.
The best way is to take off your old hoses and take them with you (you have to remove them anyway so why not first) that way you know you have the right ends on and they will fit.
Alan
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