Making a bias box from a Metro pedal box..

[Stuart]

I must admit I do like the powder coating too, I wish I'd had the machine when I was doing the initial rebuild.

Yes it really transforms the look of things, my memory is terrible so forgive me if you have already posted details of the powder-coat kit you have, I remember seeing a post about a kit but wasn't sure if it was you? limited only by the size of oven.

[Rich]

I must admit I do like the powder coating too, I wish I'd had the machine when I was doing the initial rebuild.

Yes it really transforms the look of things, my memory is terrible so forgive me if you have already posted details of the powder-coat kit you have, I remember seeing a post about a kit but wasn't sure if it was you? limited only by the size of oven.

I've got one of the Electrostatic Magic kits, you can get similar from Frosts and so on. The oven size is most definitely a limiter, in theory you can use a hot air gun but in practice it's a nightmare.

[Geoff Butcher]

When do you expect to get this on the car, Rich?

[Rich]

When do you expect to get this on the car, Rich?

Hi Geoff,

When I get some spare time, seem to spend my time working at the moment.

Rich

[Geoff Butcher]

Rich, have you given any thought as to how you're going to mount the reservoirs? There doesn't look to be an awful lot of room there...

[Stuart]

Ralf did a neat job on his V8 Metro





http://www.metropower.org.uk/forum/foru ... &start=251

[Rich]

Best do an update on this one..

Not a brilliant pic but you get the idea.



Mounting of the dual reservoirs, I just used a generic mounting bracket from Rally Design and spaced it off the bulkhead on some delrin spacers.



A rubbish shot in the footwell to show the location of the adjusting cable. It's a nice smooth run from the knob which is located by the choke cable.



I've already detailed elsewhere on the forum the initial problems I had getting the car to stop with the EBC Greenstuff pads that I had fitted, these pads were an improvement on what must have been utterly shit pads that I'd bungled on to get the car rolling during the rebuild. It passed the MOT with the EBCs and some raised eyebrows at the effort required to slow the rollers. However the efficiency was there and the MOT tester builds kit and competition cars so they like to see something a bit different.....

Changing over to standard Unipart pads that I picked up at Stoneleigh made a huge improvement to the bite and feel of the brakes. After bedding them in I essentially repeated the process of nailing the brakes at speed and adjusting the bias until the rears no longer locked at low speed. After a couple of weeks use the rears feel like they need adjusting so I'd guess they are doing more work than when they were before. The next time I'm out in the wet I'll have another go and probably reduce the rear bias again.

Would I recommend it? Yes, the feel through the brakes is much improved, if a cylinder pops I can pick up a generic Land Rover replacement or drop the pennies on a Willwood or similar version. As an extra bonus the idle is much more stable than it ever was when the servo was attached.

[manifold]

Good job Rich.

Look at you with your posh remote reservoirs .

[Rich]

If anyone is thinking of doing this, using a combined reservoir and rubber push on hoses would make the top end installation much easier.