Hyrbo E-Brake install on s13 (help)?
 

hey all

Since my car is a track car i want to convert from z32 ebrake set up and install a ksport one or a better one. i did a search and no one had a install thread on one..Has anyone put one of these in at all on a s13? I am wondering even if i buy there install kit where to i tee in lines and which ones...Also if any one has done their own hydro e-brake im sure its all the same type of install. If so any help would be great...


Jim

i would get the parts shop max e brake kit



i always have bad luck with anything Ksport

really...there stuff seems low-end..

what? you serious?? ill take pbm anyday over ksport

pdm? I meant k-sport low end....heard and got feedback from ppl using their parts...then u got the average joe that comes in my shop and loves the k-sports b/c they got them cheap lol.. wow i guess im going custom e-brake or part show max...ppl post up ure ebrake set ups.

yeah i was stoked on my ksport products when i dished out the cash....

then after using other higher end parts i will never go back to the "cheap alternitive"

Once i swap my rear brakes for the z32 rears i will switch to the PSM Hydro E brake kit then ad a "park lock" in line for a usefull e brake since i still daily my ride....

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heres the install pix, simple huh!

The top port on the hand brake goes to the OEM master cylinder's rear brake output, the end port of handbrake goes to the hard line that used to screw into the OEM master.

Tack weld a reinforcement plate of 1/8" steel to the tranny tunnel, and weld or bolt the hydro brake box to that.
This method is really strong so it does not wiggle and flex like other brakes.

Wow, I wasnt considering a k sport kit but rather was going to make my own kit using a line lock and making my own lines and all. It was going to be a little cheaper than this but I think Im really going to go with the kit just posted! It looks so complete!

And to the op and anyone else, you should not replace or remove your standard ebrake. It would take the cable to snap while parked for you to loose your parking brake which is unlikely, however pressure loss over time in the brake line is a possibility and your car will roll wherever gravity will take it. The hydro brake is used for drifting, not parking.

u can e brake with k sport..also i leave the car in gear

Yes, you can but you shouldnt. There is a reason that no manufuracture ever used hydro parking brakes.

Drifting yes
parking no!

its true, their stuff is low end. they get their good rep from being low priced, hay but at least their not megan. but im sure there are a bunch of megan supporters here too.

sure...just listen il use the brake only...but our customers and shop cars dont run that stuff..btw everyone i got the k sport brake coming in so il keep ppl posted on the install and if it holds up..

I'd like to know how the ksport one is as well. I've been looking at which hydro brake kit to get since we'll be losing our factory ebrake with our bbk.

yes if ure loosing ure ebrake it bc of ure bbk which z32 prob wont work on rotora..id just go k sport...im gonna do a write up and try to fiture out my options...i just dont like how there install kit with 2 feet lines wants to u tap into the single hardline for the grear brakes..i want to run my own ss brake lines and tee it for the block on the passenger side front and for the rear just tee of the rear block. all i want o know is what can make custom like 5 foot lines and figure out what fititngs i need

Yeah def post up some pics as we'll probably be figure things out for the brakes in the next month or so.

yes if anyone knows a place to get custom flexx ss lines and fittings let me know.

bump what did you end up doing with this?

The ksport ebrake works well for me.
I would have gotten the pbm one but I had this laying around so i decided to use it.
I relocated the stock ebrake to the passenger side and welded the ksport unit to the chassis. then you run the lines to the rear distribution block then bada-bing!!!
Hydro ebrake > all others

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...IMG_1677-1.jpg

that's cool man! That's what my car looks like right now LOL

where u tee ing in for the front ..feeding the incoming on the handle...yea i got my handle just need to get custom lines made

nah i plumbed the handle thru the rear brake line block near the passenger side wheel next to the fuel lines.
I made custom lines but the ksport ones will work too.
It does not connect like the pbm h-brake.

im asking how did u connect ure front line.

thats why new hondas have hydro ebrakes as an option along with almost every car on the road? if it was such a bad idea then they wouldnt do it in the first place and leave it as a cable.

worth bringing a thread back form the dead for????
Anyways:


if thats true, then I was wrong about car companies doing it. I have never been in a car that has a hydro e-brake from the factory.

I still stand by having a hydro ebrake be your method of keeping your car parked is a bad idea. I wonder if one of these cars that have a factory hydro brake says to set your car in gear while parking or something.

i used to be a lube-tech at honda and no they never said leave it in gear we were kinda shocked too. could be re-routed differently and yes i know i was bringing it back from the dead but i think a lot of ppl need some help on installing their hydro ebrakes. like MEEEEEEEEEEEE lol. i have the z32 rear setup so what else do i need to do?

and of course i went ksport because it was cheap lol everything else is name brand shit on my car which is kinda the sad part lol

well with the ksport you can get braided lines that go from your master to your new hand brake and then from the hand brake right to the hard line you removed from the master (I believe that is where the hand brake out line goes but it could be to where the hardline t's off to your rear calipers)

I ended up thinking about this setup a littler harder a few months ago when I decided to upgrade my handbrake. I was thinking that the dual piston rear brakes would be more than massive enough to stop the wheels. I also thought that if Im going to pay bank for projec mu sheos I might as well just get the hydro brake. Well I thought about it a little more and thought even though the hydro brake isnt going to cost much more than the projec mu shoes, simply replacing the shoes is going to be a much simpler system meaning more reliable. Man, they grab too. I have not been able to get the car fast enough for it to NOT want to instantly lock the rear wheels.


So Im not going to be a ton of help, because I opted out of getting that system. (and love it)

close thread...old and done need any info

thread is incomplete still though

same concept
http://i47.tinypic.com/fnbkvd.jpg