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Slyalfa,

What do you mean by "how tight you set up the back"? Can you adjust how hard your rear brakes grab with something on these alfas??

How's your VEMS conversion going?
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Old 11-26-2006, 02:36 PM
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Slyalfa,

What do you mean by "how tight you set up the back"? Can you adjust how hard your rear brakes grab with something on these alfas??
Probably not without a bias valve, i dont think any milano's came with that as an option!
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Old 11-26-2006, 06:24 PM
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I hurt my foot alittle just recently from how hard I hit the brakes in my gtv6. Panic stop on the LIE
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Old 11-26-2006, 06:29 PM
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and lock up all 4 is easy even with the abs pump off (I have a few cars with out power breaks so I have the power in my legs)mine will lock up the back first (ABS system with a fault so no ABS)
I find that to be a little tough to believe, being able to stop the ABS system with no actual pump running. Mine stopped working for a split second (bad connection to power source, fixed straight away!) and I was practically standing on my brake pedal and she hardly stopped. I had only just started from a light so I had to have been doing under 20 MPH.
The reason this is really hard to believe is because you have no piston in the ABS system.

Your pump has to still be running?
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Old 11-27-2006, 12:12 PM
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With if going on and off it is scary as it will be soft/hard but if it stays off or stays on I can deal. it seem to stop just as hard as my 68 Toyota Crona with the pump off.. you have to pull up on the wheel when you stand on it. My biggest worry is if the pedel will break as it was not ment for that much force. Unlike my Crona that is ment to be that hard.
As for how tight the back is, it is when you set up the e-break stops,aka pad gap. but I think the biggest change to bias is if there is any air in the system back vs the front.

but I have noticed with all the air out the back will lock up first. (also use up the back pads first) after I changed to the slotted/drilled and the race pad the centerline sells it seemd to be closer to all 4 whells locking at the same time. I can stop much much faster now.
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