Making my own e brake!
 

So I have bought my master cyl. (Honda civic re manufactured $30 autozone)
Now I'm on to making a bracket. If anyone has any input or pictures of how there's is done, ide love to see them. Lol

yup, on Ebay, for less than $60 shipped.... lol

Universal Hydraulic Drift E Brake Racing Handbrake Vertical Horizontal s14 Red | eBay

Im all about DIY though... so keep on keepin on!!! post pics as you go!

I need input! If I'm going to make one miata specific, I want to k ow what the general consensus is. You know? Mounting location, angle, push or puller. Lol I'm too indecisive. I'm almost peaning towards someone else's idea and mounting it in the passanger side of the tranny tunnel and flip it to a pusher for awesome palming action.

i think you will see a better response to this topic on club roadster

Go to clubroadster and post in the drift thread.


As far as mounting on the tranny side and pushing it.......don't. That is how mine is mounted and I hate it. Pushing it just does not feel natural, and with it flush against the tunnel does not make it the optimal reach for me either. If you don't mind losing a little passenger leg room, mount it at an angle facing you. Put on top of the tunnel and weld or make a bracket to hold it on the passenger side at an angle. There are a few guys in the drift thread on CR that can post their setups so maybe you can understand better.

I dont understand. We have rwd, why need e-brake to drift?

set it up as a pull. I had both setups and pull was way easier.

this is the one i had in my RHD miata.
http://s71.photobucket.com/user/maat...00971.jpg.html
http://s71.photobucket.com/user/maat...00972.jpg.html

It was a CNC brake unit.

lol because race car

If racecar you wouldn't care about dorifto faggetry.

Lol my apologies. Drift car that handles better than any other drift car when tracking but happens to not make for the best drift car so kinda pushing it towards a racecar rather than drift car but still was a purpose built machine? I don't expect everyone to understand or agree

I would strongly suggest determining your actual goals before you start buying parts and making modifications to your car. There is no such thing as a "one size fits all" racecar. If you plan set up your car for drifting, you will suck at road racing. If you build your car for road racing, you will suck at drifting. It's not realistic to expect a car to grip well, and slide easily.

Too often kids throw away thousands that could have been put towards a real beast of a car because they keep changing their goals.

Define what you want to do with the car, then start modifying to suit.

That's because its stupid and no one ever will.

i was working about 40 miles outside of Phx, AZ during the time that i was building the car. The road that i drove on was roughly 15 to 20 miles of truely spirited driving in almost any form of vehicle. In other words i built my car for the mountains. a mix of grip and drift?

Im sorry all, I didnt realize this was my e brake thread and not my build thread lol. To fill in a couple gaps. I have a 94 with a 2003 vvt swap. engine, harness, and ecu. swapped in the 6 speed, with some brosport coils and my downfall was the poor choice in wheels which are xxr 522 15x8 0 offset. my car is also on a diet...

What does all that have to do with the need to replace the factory e-brake with something that looks like a huge dildo?

:facepalm:

...I want a heavy car that's also lightweight...

So are you trying to just hoon around on back roads or are you actually going to track this thing?

Im not replacing my stock one, im simply adding another for another variable... why is that so wrong?

To answer your questions: Mount it where it's most comfortable to you. Push or pull depends on personal preference.

we will break this into 2 parts.
1. how is my car heavier than it was when it was stock? again maybe go look at the build thread. i have a few pictures im sure you would love to see.

2. like i said at the time i was working out at said location so the car would have been daily driven, i dont have the money nor the patients to buy a daily driver and before someone spouts out "You cant daily a track car" or vice versa i understand but i continue to grind my teeth in vein hahahahaha. also yes i will be tracking this car at im sure a couple autox events and a couple drift and drags but at the moment firebird raceway (local track) is closed and im to broke to drive to tuscan to get my track time

you missed his point

It sounds like you cant afford for you car to be broken or crashed. Which means it sounds like you cant afford to not have a daily driver.

I guess reading comprehension is not one of your strong suits.

It's called a metaphor. I did not state that your car was heavier, I was implying that the idea of having a grippy drifter makes as much sense as having a heavy lightweight car.

Had you taken the time to read my previous post, I was offering you advice on how to not waste your money and time like countless others by chasing unicorns. Decide on your goals before you start throwing money and parts at it and you will be much happier in the long run. If you plan on drifting, mod accordingly. If you plan on grip racing, mod accordingly.

But you know what, fuck it. Show us all how to make a Miata that can do both grip and drift racing well.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1370891036

I'm so proud of myself for starting that.


https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1370891151

lol you just got me to giggle. Thanks! just before i read your post i put 2 and 2 together and recently all my mods have been aimed towards drifting... we are still in my e brake thread right ;) you need to lighten up big guy, i know your just lookin out for this guy, and i thank you for that my good sir

And I love you for it. :greddy:

you are correct sir but for some stupid reason i continue to roll the dice.

:makeout::party::dancegay:

Get one of these knobs too.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1370895771

ninja edit

You know... over on ClubRoadster in the shift knob thread, mods had to warn members to NOT post pictures of their dildo shift knobs.

Because apparently it was a problem enough that something had to be said.

OP would fit right in.

applauds go out to the man who saved that picture hahahahaha

Is English your first language?

nnnnaaaahhhhhhh shit i made a grammar mistake
*applause*

A grammar mistake? Your whole thread has been written like a 10 year old on an iPhone.

My money is on hellaswagstance.

It was a legitimate question. You've made many similar mistakes so far, and figured i'd ask before i made fun of you. :rofl:

oh no by all means flame on oh holy flamer

It's funny how everyone thinks that a drift car doesn't need to produce any grip in order to drift.

ZOMG DRIFT CARZ ARE ALWAYZ OUTTA CONTROL THEY HATE GRIP

You seriously ought to shuffle this mess off to Club Chodester, where drifting is regarded as a legitimate motorsports activity, and not as the mutant offspring of Autocross and Monster Trucks, with a dash of JDM Worship thrown in.. I mean, I oversteer from time to time, it happens. But I also parallel park too, and I ain't building a lifestyle around it.

Im on version 6 of my handbrake, do yourself a favor and just buy a ASD inline hand brake and call it a day, you can get a lay down or vertical version. you have to make it fit and its a bitch.

Mine is vertical with a linkage to a wilwood master cylinder thats is mounted way back on the tranny tunnel near the rear bulkhead.

dont use anything bigger than a 5/8(.625) master. i have tried 3/4 and .700 with failure. You need to make about 500psi line pressure to lock the rear wheels at speed. So do some research on pedal ratio and cylinder sizing

:rofl:

When did this stop being a bannable thing?

Explain?