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I see your point. I have a 109, and have about 60km into town, about 30 of which is 100kph major highway. Fortunately it is not very hilly, and the 109 has no problem maintaining 100kph most of the way.
Mind you, on Tuesday I was going in in the 110, and was passed on a double line by a semi while driving at 100kph. Ten kilometres further on he was stopped for no apparent reason, possibly related to the fact that it was where you come into sight of the checking station at Brocklehurst.
John
this is why i plan to do the full brake upgrade, it already has an overdrive and wack on a supercharger!!! hoping that at some point in a quiet place for the first time in history an 88 becomes a blur :D
Until then im quite happy for the idiots to pass me on blind bends or where ever they decide to do it mainly because when they crash i will stop, point and laugh :twisted:
Brings you back to an old fable really tortoise and the hare! If you know what i mean
Having grown up using "copper" (alloy) pipe for brakes, without ever having a drama, I'd prefer to use it. After various discussions, including Diana's comment above, I could reach no solid conclusion on it's legality in Australia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
After checking the government standards, I suspect that it just comes down to interpretation. The NCOP for Light Vehicle Modifications says, in section 2.4 "Component standards":
"Hydraulic pipes must be made from steel bundy tube complying with SAE J1047 or equivalent."
Does "or equivalent" mean a steel pipe to an equivalent specification, or does it mean an equivalent product to the stated steel pipe? If the former, then any pipe except steel is illegal (this includes copper/nickel alloy), but if the later then any material can be used providing the pipe is to SAE J1407. Hmmm.....
yes and no. By the letter what that means is any other standard that meets the same specification so you could use brake bunding as detailed in ISO spec for brakes providing it listed better stuff.
However under ADR's you can use anything that's approved and compliant for brakes. This includes the copper nickle alloy stuff provided its purchased from a supplier that is authorised to deliver it as a pipe suitable for use in braking applications. The true Irony of this is that you could walk into a brake shop thats situated right next door to a hydraulics shop and watch both the counter attendants cut a length from the same reel of piping and it would only be legal to use for brakes if supplied from the brakes guy.
You can still use the thick wall copper on a vehicle providing that it was what was fitted to the vehicle originally (or you can prove that it was available from factory in australia in that configuration) and that you havent raised the pressure thats being applied to the system (as in fitted a booster when it didnt have one to start)
The site that I normally goto thats got the ADRS ISO's and SAE's on it is no longer available so I cant get to it to provide the definative answer.
a very simple upgrade and easy to maintain is to use 11"drums/backplates from a rear axle on your front axle coupled with a servo, i've done this on my 88" bitsa
i used the backplates off a lateish salibury axle which meant the slaves had to position at 11 o'clock and 1 o'clock respectively due to the bolt holes positioning, the 11" rear drums use the same size slaves as 10" front drums
i then fitted a late dual circuit servo pedal box that came off a 10" braked 88" but didn't bother with the "shuttle valve" switch thing, i just piped straight to each axle
i left the standard 10" drums on the rear axle
my stopping limitations are now dictated by tyre adhesion to the road surface
just be aware that an 88" gets very light on the back end when stopping in a rush from speed and can require you to drop the brakes and reapply to keep it in a straight line, 60mph plus and heavy braking on Deestones in a truck cabbed 88" can get interesting to say the least
i do enjoy the ease with which you can experiment with the old series
p.s.
i run 3.54 diffs, 7.50 tyres and a 200tdi so those speeds are easy (85-90mph with an overdrive)