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posted by  someone claiming to be hudson on  Sun Nov 30 19:29 CST 2003 [RELATED]

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I have a friend localy with a trio of 240T's in various stages of mods, and he swears by taking out the rear limiters, but only pre 79-ish? Personally, I've not messed with that, but again, he's a super smart guy, and he and B20Paul both have had luck with it. Not sure the legalities of deliberately modding your car's brakes...



Playing with rear brake proportioning/limiting valves really scares me. It might be a great idea for a track only vehicle, but I can't see it being a great idea for braking performance in rain and snow. If what they are doing is changing a pressure limiting valve to a valve/setup which gives the rear brakes full pressure but only AFTER the front brakes have locked then it's a sane idea. Otherwise the cars rear end would end up at the front everytime you hit the brakes, especially in bad conditions.






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