[Healeys] Bad Brakes - Now Good Brakes

[Oudesluys]

That would be for the master brake cilinder where you apply force and 
not pressure. In the wheel cilinders you create pressure by applying 
force to the MBC, thus the force exerted by the wheel cilinder will 
increase.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Ray Juncal schreef:
> Patrick
>    I'm not a hydraulic expert myself but I think it's the other way around. 
> Smaller diameter wheel cylinders give more pressure for the same pedal
> travel.  Let me know what replies you get.  I very well could be wrong and I
> want to know.
> Regards
> Ray Juncal
>
> --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Quinn, Patrick <Patrick.Quinn at det.nsw.edu.au> wrote:
> G'day
>
> Perhaps you might recall a few months back I asked for the collective wisdom
> concerning the brakes on the BN3?
>
> I
> Excuse my ignorance of hydraulic science, but I am told that by increasing
> the
> front cylinders from 7/8 inch to 1 inch it will improve the brake performance
> considerably. The brakes are not boosted and the car is fitted with a
> standard
> AH100 brake master cylinder.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia