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Ant

posted on 25th Jan 10 at 08:31

You can't fit a bigger master cylinder from the vauxhall familey the corsa set up is quite unique, iv heard of people modifying a late 90's mondeo one to fit other than that ull be looking at a pedal box if it's for track use


corsa-let-09

posted on 24th Jan 10 at 10:24

ive got same problem with mine v6 calipers discs and cant get brakes to bleed poperly i think the master sylinder is at fault but even my last corsa had spongy brakes , the pedal travels alot more as the master sylinder struggle sputting all the fluid to the piston,. someone said to use the v6 master cylinder but i dont know if its a straight forward fit


Johnny A

posted on 23rd Jan 10 at 23:26

I was thinking maybe putting up with it for the time being, the car will need buckets of testing, running in and mapping so maybe I can use that till I afford 4-pots or something.


davieslim

posted on 23rd Jan 10 at 23:25

on my corsa ive got calibra turbo fronts and cavalier v6 rears with bfgoodrich hoses and dot 5.1 brake fluid and have a great pedal and even after a kicking ive not felt any faid


shauny bizzle

posted on 23rd Jan 10 at 23:22

very true or start looking toward wilwood or tardox


Johnny A

posted on 23rd Jan 10 at 23:18

I am thinking 350bhp and heavy track use might overwhelm them lol


shauny bizzle

posted on 23rd Jan 10 at 23:17

but that might be enough mate as i was on about v6 brakes but everyone said turbo calipers lol or stick with 2 litres


Johnny A

posted on 23rd Jan 10 at 23:13

Turbo pistons are only marginally smaller though, anyone else got any insight?


shauny bizzle

posted on 23rd Jan 10 at 23:11

i didnt think there wa any differnece in them possibly might be but the v6 set up aint all that great on corsa servos and masters, best bet is cav turbo calipers smaller pistons


Johnny A

posted on 23rd Jan 10 at 20:58

Although in my application this isn't for a Corsa-B the servo and master cylinder are, I am using this setup in my Nova. I am all set to fit Calibra V6 front calipers but I read on MIG that certain master cylinders are not up to the job is pumping enough fluid to the much larger caliper pistons and I am limited to the 256mm setup.

The servo and master cylinder are from a late 1.2 Corsa.

Is this true? If so would fitting a GSi master cylinder be any bigger and do the job??