I am in the process of putting on the Brembo GT brake system and the parking brake line is to short. If the hex spacer that connects the brake were only an inch longer the brake line would fit. The quick fix would be to cut the spacer and weld a piece to lengthen the line. Has any one had a similiar problem? Someone suggested there is some slack on the braking line at the front of the braking system where the parking brake is. However the seats would have to come off to remove the console to get to the parking brake line. This is not a cheap fix.

 

jnixon,

Before you take the route of modifying anything, cutting/extending/removing/etc..., please give me a call on Monday. There should be no need to modify the hand brake cable. It is a tight fit, but for good reason (safety) as you definitely do not want any excess slack or movement of that line. I can work with my engineer to help walk you through each step of installing that cable properly.

Gary Cogis
Business Development
Race Technologies / BREMBO
714.438.1155 (direct)
714.438.1119 (fax)
gary@racetechnologies.com

 

Gary thanks for responding but the easiest fix is to cut the hex bolt that attaches the brake lines together and weld a piece between the hex bolt which would lengthen the brake line attachment so it would fit. The only other way is to find slack in the front of the vehicle where the parking brake is. However, you have to remove both seats and the center console to get to the front brake line section. That would take a lot of time and cost me tons of money. My Porsche dealer in San Antonio is putting on the kit because I have a lot of confidence in there mechanics. My other option would be the local Ferrari dealer which I do not have confidence in. Moreover, the Ferrari dealer in San Antonio was against putting the Brembo kit on and even if I went with them they were against that. I spent $8,000 on this kit and it is very frustrating to me that Brembo did not forsee this problem and have a fix for it similar to the caliper brackits. All you would need is a longer hex bolt that attaches the parking brake lines. Since the rotors are much larger than the stock rear rotors and as a result the rear parking brake calipers are set back enough to make the parking brake line attachment impossible because there is not enough slack at that point. If I would have know this I would have bought the kit with the large rotor in front and the smaller two piece rotor in the rear that would not have created this problem. Who knows what my bill is going to be to put this kit on but just to take the seats out and the console and then putting everything back to create additional slack in the line would be more than $1000 dollars and god forbid if I were to do that and it did not work than my original solution was the best. Thus I am going with my original idea. I will give you a call on Monday. Sorry for any mispelled words.

 

We ended up doing it my way and it worked. We cut the hex tightening bolt and increased the length of it by and inch and game solved.

 

That's good to hear John. I was eager to hear how the weekend turned out after our last conversation. I tried calling you a couple times but kept getting your voice mail. It's funny how sometimes the internet is the easiest way to trade information.

 

Gary would you know or could you ask you engineers whether the brake master cylinder is the same on the non carbo brake F430 vs the carbo brake F430. The brakes feel good and when I mash the brakes the stopping power is there but I am curious whether there is any difference with a F430 carbo brake car versus a non F430 brake car.

 

The aftermarket systems and race systems that we offer for the Ferrari cars have a definite distinction between the different braking systems we supply for cast iron equipped or CCM equipped cars. The master cylinders are indeed different, and our systems are engineered specifically to optimize brake bias for each application.

Right now the brake pedal (with the aftermarket Brembo system) should feel firmer and higher, offering better initial bite and a more progressive pedal feel. It should take less pedal effort to achieve threshold braking, but with improved control and modulation. I am confident that you should already feel this improvement by now, and as you continue to bed in the brakes, and do a second bleeding process (normally recommended a couple weeks after the installation to chase out any remaining air bubbles) the pedal feel will only improve.

You should have my cell phone # by now if you need to get a hold of me. I just PM'd you again just in case you do not.

Thanks,

Gary - - - -