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Why do you want one? They are really only useful in rally cars and motorkhana cars; absolutely no use - or benefit- in a road, or even a race, car.

AFAIK, they aren't manufactured for a specific car - they are pretty generic.

If it is your only handbrake, if not illegal, it's at best pretty dangerous. The fluid can cool and contract, releasing pressure on the brake. IIRC, a guy "lost" his car, and found it several hundred metres down the road, across the other side of 4 lanes of traffic! It didn't hit anything - how lucky can you be?

Trust33 Grand Master

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I was thinking that drift cars use these.And seen as though i may see a drift day or two,it maybee worth my while getting one.

Are there any difficulties experienced drifting with cable handbrakes?Other than i suppose the stretch they would have after a few thrashes.

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well they only really involve putting a master cylinder in the cabin without a resoviour, so that it connects in between the master cylinder and the rear brakes...the one i had in my past car involved re-routing a section of the rear brake line into the cabin through a master cylinder that would normally be used on a trailer, that had an in and and out instead of an out and a resovoiur, then just modified a handbrake i got from the wreckers to activate it...you can buy hydraulic handbrake setups from places like race-and-rally i think...

the master cylinders look much like this one...

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could probably set one up like they have in the rally cars so that it's a seperate handle next to the steering wheel or something :P hehe

Trust33 Grand Master

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So you recon a second handbrake could be intergrated into the car totally dissmissing the cable handbrake when i dont need it.

Are the drifters of the forum experiencing any problems with their cable handbrake.B4,during and after drifting?

I.e.Excesive stretch,not enuf bite as what you need.

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