Re: Master Cylinder for Ur-Q G60 Conversion

[JustaxPHX@aol.com]

>  Damn, thats wierd, he told me the exact opposite.  I personally cant 
>  stand the hydraulic system.  Yeah, it may provide alot of assist, but 
>  there is NO pedal feel at all, its spongy as hell, and it causes so many 
>  problems.

That's interesting since I thought the brakes on my Ur-Q were pretty damned 
good ... of course, I haven't driven it on the track yet and the additional 
heat may encountered there may change things.   For autocrossing, though, I 
actually found the stock brakes -- rotors, calipers, pads -- worked just 
fine, even with left-foot braking and the center diff locked.

>  That was my plan, to install the 4000q vacuum system in a year or so...I 
>  love the feel of the 4kq brakes compared to te Urq...

You'll probably need to install a vacuum reservoir since turbo-motors don't 
make much vacuum on boost.  That said, why not skip the assist altogether and 
use a pair of racing-type MCs with a balance bar?  They're cheaper, easily 
adjustable, and if you design your mounting bracket/pedal linkage correctly, 
you can have a rising-rate pedal effort.  I had one made for about $150 for 
my 4k racecar (it also fits the Ur-Q; I checked!) but you can probably build 
one yourself for half that or even less if you have access to a machine shop 
and it might be possible to import/adapt the A4 setup that was listed in the 
last Demon Tweeks catalog...

JG