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Hey guys,

Im planning on getting a hydraulic handbrake installed on my 33 which will be driven on the street weekly & drifted/circuited on the track probably every month.

Just wondering if anyone has been pulled over by police running a hydraulic handbrake... Im guessing they are illegal...

Has anyone done a setup where they have both the standard cable handbrake & hydraulic so its still legal??

Any info/advice would be nice.

I was considering a Hydro setup but if you properly tighten/adjust the cable handbrake then I have found no real need.

Eitehr way, if you run a hydro on teh street it is illegal, even if you have the stock cable handbrake still functioning. The reason is the same as why you can't have a line locker kit, no tampering of the brakes.

I believe what you MIGHT be able to do is have a 2nd set of calipers installed with a 2nd set of lines etc to the handbrake. So its completely seperate to your normal braking system, and you also still need to retain the standard cable ratchet handbrake. Reason I say this is one of our work cars has a hydrolic handbrake (defencive/performace driving school) and I highly doubt we would have a mod like that, that wasnt legal.

As above tho, best way is to check with an engineer, and the current state laws.

properly setup drum will be just as good as hydro

Quoted for truth. Ryan knows all.

Get some new cables, some Project Mu or URAS drum shoes and a dori knob, and work just as well as a Hydro, be more legal, and probably be cheaper.

Driven/skidded a similar setup in my 32, Have a hydro in my 31, and If I could use a factory style setup in the 31, I would over a hydro.

Yeah, there's a guy I know with an S14 who runs 2 handbrakes (with 2 handles in cabin). He has his stock one for street legality, and he has a hydraulic one for dori.

Don't think he's had cop hassles with it, but then he doesn't drive like a cock on the street.

Hey guys,

Im planning on getting a hydraulic handbrake installed on my 33 which will be driven on the street weekly & drifted/circuited on the track probably every month.

Just wondering if anyone has been pulled over by police running a hydraulic handbrake... Im guessing they are illegal...

Has anyone done a setup where they have both the standard cable handbrake & hydraulic so its still legal??

Any info/advice would be nice.

get this into ya! it might help ya!

http://secretdrift.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=17443

he says he has the same setup in his r33 but with the cable brake still attatched for street.

I have just the hydro in my car, its driven daily :D

And for the people who say a good cable will be the same, have you ever used a hydro?

It has a totally differant effect on how the car reacts when you pull it, its hard to explain but instead of just locking then unlocking, its so much faster to happen and it throws the car at the corner, its awsome!!

Makes doing big entrys look so much more dramatic because you instantly have more angle. They are so great! So much fun!

Edited by sherman89
And for the people who say a good cable will be the same, have you ever used a hydro?

Driven/skidded a similar setup in my 32, Have a hydro in my 31, and If I could use a factory style setup in the 31, I would over a hydro.

Still would have a fresh cable setup over a hydro. :D

Thats too hard in a 31 though.

Ok by the look of things, it seems its pretty obvious u can get good results from a cable setup, which is most probably what i will be going for now as i want as much stuff legal in my car as possible.

My second, more important question now is... even with the URAS rear drum shoe setup etc does the cable end up getting lazy after 2-3 laps on the track?? Cos my standard handbrake setup on the 33 wouldnt even lock up after 6 or 7 pulls in the dry...

I really want to hear that this URAS kit eliminates the laziness/stretch in the cable after being pulled a few times...

Edited by Dean_HR31

My 2c - I had a hydro and went back to a good cable / drum set-up with GOOD pads. (Tried the URAS but like the Projct Mu ones better) I actually find it heaps better than the hydro on a skyline.

The problem you have now (loss of lock up) isn't cable strech its the normal pads overheating. These "drift" pads are a high friction / higher temp pad. I used to have the same issues for my khana stuff but I have no pad fade at all with the Project Mu pads (I got them from greenline fyi)

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