Recent content by Garauld

Thanks for the tip. I was not aware of them used on Mustangs.

Due to a lack of snow here, I have only tried them out a little bit so it's too early to tell.

You may be right and plan B would be to use lower pressure of say 2000 psi and use the two service calipers for additional steering friction. The service brake would then move to a new rotor and caliper mounted to the input of the front diff. I looked at calipers used on Audis and VWs that...

I ran the test hydraulic setup today and got over 3600 psi out of it. The poor little HF drill motor was not happy at all and was very noisy. I may buy a used 12v Dewalt drill and try it instead as I'll bet it has a bit more power and would last longer.

I've been playing around with designing an electro-hydraulic pressure control system for the brake steering. Instead of using a master cylinder for each rotor, I thought a small hydraulic pump could be used to increase the net pressure at the calipers. I set up a small test system (yes, that...

I wouldn't think there's be enough room for leaf springs under there. Thanks for the feedback!

Willy - I looked at a bunch of pricey options and I had a bunch of free hardwood I could use to make wheels. They are all installed and I took Snowzer out for a ride and they appeared to work just fine. What additional support are you suggesting that steel sides would provide? FWIW, each...

Great feedback - thanks! Those spring you see are pretty stiff at 313 #/in. As this is a prototype project (as well as something to keep me busy during retirement) keeping costs down is important so I bought a set of (16) high (.600) lift valve springs for an LS engine for $35 delivered. The...

If you have seen some of the running gear photos, you may have seen that there is no real "suspension" in my current design. Each set of two support wheels are attached to a walking beam that pivots around a central axle and has hard stops to limit travel. I've felt strong whacks when the beam...

I am looking into another slight modification that will provide better access to the track tensioners as shown in the attached image. I plan to accomplish this by lowering the support wheel axles by 1" effectively raising the chassis.

Another option I am looking into - bolting a smallish diameter rotor (9") onto the input flange of the front differential and use it for my service brake. A 1985 Honda Civic rotor will fit nicely. I would then repipe the ports from each steering MC to the two existing calipers on each side of...

Good idea but in this case, there's no room for utilizing the parking brake hardware. I found some 3-way shuttle valves which is what I was thinking of.

I've been thinking about the second caliper idea. Obviously, I still want to keep the service brakes but I was wondering if it was possible on each caliper to take a tee plumbed so fluid can come from both the service MC and the steering MC and insert a small "shuttle" into the straight run of...

Thanks for the ideas. There's not enough room for another caliper as I already have two on each rotor. The second one is for a service brake - see image. I may try the ceramic pads.

Yes - that is what I have currently installed. The image shows the OEM Toyota Echo brake MCs. I need the return to pass flow and bleed excess pressure off the primary plunger so I get full pressure from using only the secondary plunger area. The primary plunger is only there to help push the...