Brake bias
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Hi all,

I've been a good lad and done a search already to see if I can find an answer but no joy, so here goes.

I need to rebuild the brakes and this will include a new bias valve rather than the awful lump of iron I did have mounted to the inner wing . Applying a bit of common sense and engineering, if I didn't put a bias valve in (OK, that bit wouldn't be using common sense!), but with no bias valve and using a twin master cylinder set-up(http://www.minisport.com/acatalog/info_GMC227.html) I would get a front/back brake percentage of perhaps 60/40? (Metro turbo vented discs up front, Superfins at the back). The 60/40 numbers are a bit of a guess, but the principle that follows is the same...

With an "infinite" range bias valve I could then achieve anywhere from 60/40 to 100/0?

With this valve (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Adjustable-Brake-Bia...34.c0.m14.l1262) which reduces pressure by a "maximum of 60%", am I right in saying I can then go from 60/40 to 84/16? (i.e. reducing the rear percentage by 60%?)

Which leaves me with 2 questions (assuming my logic is right...)
- Is an adjustment range of 60/40 to 84/16 sufficient? (My Mini's not been on some extreme diet or anything, please assume it's "standard").
- Is the bias valve above suitable? I came across it via another thread (http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=285827) or would people recommend something else? The "lever" types look prettier, but this is brakes we're talking about, so I'm applying function over form for a change!

Many thanks,

Dave.

That is essentially the setup I have. Works fine.

Short answer really.

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Nice, I like short answers. Especially those that suggest I've got the right idea!

Cheers Wil, if it's good enough for you it definitely good enough for me. (there's a song there somewhere...)