Brake servo, yes/no?
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Been looking at a few turbo engine bays and the brake servo is missing, I've always wanted to do away with mine to save space, weight & free up the engine bay a bit.

It looks a ton neater without that whacking great servo there!

I know they don't improve breaking, they just make pressing the pedal easier.. but I've never driven a mini without a servo, so I wouldn't know the difference.

Whose running without one?

never had one on the mini, i can press the peddle hard enough to brake something]
you just need to stamp on it alittle at first, you get used to it and a much better peddle feel

if you have a daily drive with a servo just be cautions when going from the mini to the daily, dont stamp on it in the daily

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just took mine out, its been a mod i've done with all of them i've had never really noticed it not there other than visually.

As you say it makes no overall performance difference, personally I prefer the feel of the pedal with a servo in. What you could do If you want to clear the engine bay as I did-remove the servo, give things a try without and if you decide you cant live without and need a servo back in, get a remote kit and put it in the passenger footwell as I did, or I have seen them hidden under the front wings. I quite like it in the footwell as it gives the 'whats that' question everytime someone new gets in! Remote kits not especially cheap but then what is!

On 5th Oct, 2014 Shauna said:
What that's crazy, you go commando hahaha! How heavy is your helmet ?

I'd say theres a pretty easy rule of thumb...

if you weigh less than 10 stone or your missus drives the car then fit one.

All depends what size master cylinder bore you have. I used a std single circuit Cooper S one with Metty 4 pots and it was horrendous. i now use 6 pots with a 5/8 cylinder (KAD pedal box) and this works great.

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

i ran minisport 4 pots with std tandum master cylinder and they worked great

1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER

I don't even know what were talking about.....Your avatar is to distracting.

On 22nd Jun, 2010 madcatminis said:
I don't even know what were talking about.....Your avatar is to distracting.

[X] nail here for new monitor

ive been thinking of removing mine, ran it without it before, was alrite really, i'm just over 9 stone and i personally think i could live with it. also out of interest how difficult is it to remove the servo from the system?

Edited by george91 on 22nd Jun, 2010.

I took mine out start of the year, didnt seem to make alot of difference, in fact i like it more without it.

If in doubt... flat out! The words of a true legend

I've driven both and to be honest I didn't feel much of a difference, servo just makes it feel a little "smooth"

Much better having all that space in the engine bay :)

Edited by t@z on 23rd Jun, 2010.

I'm under 11 stone ; never had any trouble locking the wheels up sofar (ok, that's no good either. I like a clean engine bay, although all those hoses when using a turbo kinda spoil that usually. On top of that on a Van or Pick Up (like I'm doing) the servo gets in the way of the fresh air hose to the cabin.

1963 Cooper
1975 Pick Up

My car had a servo from the factory which I removed and replaced with the standard upright cylinder (GMC227 IIRC) 3 years ago. I didn't notice any difference except all the extra space in my engine bay. I will probably be going to alloy 4 pots when I get my car back on the road so it'll be interesting to see if it's still ok without the servo. Also I only weigh 9 1/2 stone and I've never had any problem stopping the car without a servo.

I can't believe no one has mentioned the weight saving yet...I expected more of TM!

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i think i may need to go on a diet we have a lot of slim jims in here....

its also a really good weight saving!

Edited by george91 on 25th Jun, 2010.

cheers TM looks like that will be going then!

im bang on 10 stone! 20 year old lad, not skinny or tall.. i think im just hollow inside.

im keeping mine.

Me too.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

mine didnt have a servo so i fitted one and i wouldnt go back! i've got a van with the fixed front panel, still have inner wings etc and still have enough space

Still plenty of room with it fitted. Mines all steel with front mounted intercooler...

In the 13's at last!.. Just

Lucky you, LHD car have the servo in thesame position with a bar going along the car to activate the brakes so the LHD setup is much more heavy !

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