CF Bedford Van

[delcowizzid]

awesome can move foward now and get a plan sorted

[Holden202T]

just purchased some brake adaptor hubs, vb-vp commodore to suit VT twin piston brakes, so the plan is to hopefully get them on the stubs with falcon bearings apparently, then once they are sorted I can start working on the adaptor plates to hold the calipers!

haven't done too much other than that, been too busy with other stuff, but hopefully that will change soon, really want to dedicate more time to this beast!

[vlad01]

like these?

[Dylan]

VT brakes work well. I dont no your whole plans but from experience it's well worth fitting the VT master and booster. Makes the world of difference.

[VL400]

Totally agree, upgraded to VT calipers using a standard VL booster with 1" 1/16 custom master cyl and recently changed to a VS booster with VT master cyl and its like night and day. No more sponge!!

[vlad01]

if you are using vn-vp MC and booster, grab a VR/VS VH512 dual diaphragm booster, basically same as VT one but in VN-VP format.

1" VN MC also helps bring the pedal a bit firmer and less travel.

from my VP to my VR, the only difference is the VH512 and the rest is stock, its miles better.

[Dylan]

That will make a difference. I have the VZ 330/315 set up with C5 Calipers (similair to vt) on my VR V8. I originally kept the VR dual diaghram booster and fitted a 1" master with braided line ALL round. Was better after the 1" was fitted but it got the better of me and i went the VT master/ booster and is now fantastic!

[vlad01]

what size is a VT mc?

[Dylan]

Stepped bore, 1" to 1.25" with a fast fill valve. The 1.25 is at the rear and on these the frontsd are fed from the rear.
VS is a 7/8th bore with a fast fill valve (smaller than vt fast fill)
And VT booster gives a 4:1 boost i think. More than all previous models anyway. But firewall stud pattern is different.
I made a new bracket for booster to firewall.

Been a long time since i played with brakes. This conversion took some nutting out a long time ago so hope my figures are right. (pretty sure)

[vlad01]

so VT has reduced effort to rear brakes verses the front?

I got all my brake stuff sitting in a box ready to go, just need a mint car for it to go on (other than the VR)