Hydraulic handbrake

[thinfourth2]

How easy is it too fit a hydraulic handbrake to a MX5 as i sold my caterham to buy a digger and i want something i could use in autotesting.

If the braking system is split front rear it is easyish if it is split diagonally it would be harder

[snotrag]

Its Split diagonally I recall.

Theres good access to the brake lines and the master cylinder though so it perhaps wouldnt be too hard to swap round.

[MX-5 Lazza]

I'm an idiot I know but why would you want a hydraulic handbrake?

[snotrag]

To lock the wheels in auto-testing (or drifting, rallying etc).

Especially relevant with the crapness of the standard handbrake.

[MX-5 Lazza]

Ok, I didn't read properly - fair enough, you do need a good handbrake for autotesting and the MX5 handbrake isn't that great.

p.s. if you need the handbrake for drifting you are definitely doing it wrong!

[NeoVR]

Im sure (on the mk1 at least) both rears are on a single circuit.

[skinny]

yup mk1 has a single line going to a splitter block for teh rears

[thinfourth2]

MX-5 Lazza said:

I'm an idiot I know but why would you want a hydraulic handbrake?

Once you have tried a car with a hydraulic handbrake you tend to ask why anyone wouldn't want one

[thinfourth2]

skinny said:

yup mk1 has a single line going to a splitter block for teh rears

A Mk1 with a LSD it will be then once the current daily driver dies