I know little about brakes. disclaimer:hick:
I just happened to see this on latemodel resto. Will it bolt right on my 88cougar with rear disc? Im not familiar with it.:D
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-2257A/1984-86-Mustang-Brake-Proportioning-Valve
It will probably bolt on. Whether or not you should use it is another question entirely.
What are you trying to do?
according to the page on coolcats... many people have been able to use the valves that were on other cars with rear disk brakes, but the proprtion is factory set. I'm assuming for the car it was designed for. so in theory it should work,, but maybe not as well as an adjustable depending on how you would like your brakes.... I'm also trying to learn this brake stuff too
What are you leaning towards doing?
If a stock TC valve will bolt right in, Ill prob do that. If it needs fittings, I may just bolt in a adjustable valve on the passenger side engine bay ?????
I'm gutting my old one and getting an adjustable valve, and I'm thinking I'm going to need to find the best setting with everything I put into the car. I want this thing to stop on a dime once I get it moving....
mcb82gt,
What are you doing, precisely?
I just put in a 88TC 8.8. Trying to decide how I want to set up the rear bias. Easiest/cheapest possible.
Front brakes are 87+ 11" already. Stock MC and prop valve.
If you're installing a complete braking system from a TC into your Cat, then the factory prop valve from that year TC would probably work.
When I checked your link, there was an ad on the same page for a Motorsport adj prop valve. If the "new" factory prop valve didn't work, then you would gut it, plug it, and add the FMS (or similar) adj prop valve as described on the CoolCat page Eric posted in daminc's thread.
Has anyone done this? I want to know if they needed any adapters for the lines, or just screwed into the TC valve?