[Roadsters] Gas and brake line sizes?

[Gary and Cindy Ault]

Gary,

I agree.  Properly built, the roadster from brakes -- actually British Dunlap units made under license by Sumitomo -- are more than adequate for the roadster.  I've never found the front brakes on either of my roaders wanting in the 43 years I have owned one.

Furthermore, most road tests from the era -- and I have read most of them -- found the brakes to be satisfactory.  Lacking a booster, it often takes a heavy foot, but they will stop the car as they should.

Gary




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 From: Gary McCormick <gkmcc at sbcglobal.net>
To: Ken Oxenrider <bushpilot444 at gmail.com>; "datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Gas and brake line sizes?
 

I still don't understand the Volvo caliper mod. I am given to understand that the brakes on the Roadster (maybe only late-models?) are
 the same as used on the Jensen Interceptor, which weighs 3500 lbs to the Roadster's 2000 lbs more or less. If these brakes, in good nick, could haul an Interceptor down from speed, should be easey-peasey for our wee chariots.

Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA



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From: Ken Oxenrider <bushpilot444 at gmail.com>
To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net 
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 10:54 AM
Subject: [Roadsters]  Gas and brake line sizes?


I won't replace the short ones on the calipers cause I
 am going to go 
with the Volvo mods and the brake manifold designed by Mark Sedlack.  I 
am only concerned with the longer lines to front and back from the 
master cylinder and from the master cylinder to the slave for the brake 
pedal.  I also need to replace the both the gas feed line and the return 
line from the tank to the engine.  If know one knows the sizes offhand 
then I hope to get the auto parts guys to determine from a short section 
I can take them.

I am working mostly from  help on this web page. 
http://www.311s.org/pmwiki-311/pmwiki.php?n=TechSection.VolvoCalipers
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