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Originally Posted by nuttysaxo
It's been a very long since I've posted on here so hello �� oi have my saxo back on the road after many years sitting on the driveway. It has what I feel crap brakes not the most responsive . My car is the early furio which shares some bits from the west coast kfx engine etc . Can I upgrade to a better servo say a vtr one without having to change any other parts . I'm enjoying driving it again just the brakes that let her down .. cheers
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They're drums at the rear aren't they.
It's 100% the drums causing the shit brakes. My pedal almost touches the floor until I fitted new shoes and adjusted the handbrake cable back up. If the shoes are even one mm off the drum, the pedal has to take up that gap before it can put pressure to the front calipers.
Try adjusting the big nut under the car on the handbrake first. You want it adjusted so that the handbrake is dragging slightly on both wheels. It'll then re-bed itself in.
Changing the servo will do exactly the square root of nothing to your brakes. I run a tiny 1.5d servo with 1.5d brakes (solid discs on front, drums rear) and I use that on track with my 16v and it stops the car over and over.