Pedal Boxes

[Bluerex]

Re: Pedal Boxes

This is not a worth while modification at all and is overly priced. It offers very little performance advantage. It is more popular on show cars in Europe as it 'simplifies' the engine bay layout. We have built many Golf 1s, some with over 400ps and have used the Golf 2 G60 master cylinder setup on them all. This is the way to go and is easy to fit

Very interesting!! I have seen a great many (non Golf) rally cars locally with pedal boxes, bias controls and of course hydraulic handbrakes. Are you saying that this is not so common in Europe? I ask out of total ignorance ....

Charles.

[VanKronenburg]

Re: Pedal Boxes

Very interesting!! I have seen a great many (non Golf) rally cars locally with pedal boxes, bias controls and of course hydraulic handbrakes. Are you saying that this is not so common in Europe? I ask out of total ignorance ....

Charles.

Well, yes it is quite common here but this is more from a service perspective as the parts are easy to access and replace individually whilst still on the car. The VW parts are diffucult to service, but who cares as they never fail!! I agree that the system on the RHD cars is poorly designed but I understand it's quite reliable? The aftermarket parts are not worth the money when late model master cylinders and so on are so easy to come by. At least, that is what I think. Having said that, we use the aftermarket parts very often but only on those cars working to an endless budget

[Golfwise]

Pedal boxes

Very true big budget race /rally cars may use this system but there is a lot of other things that should come first.
I have used this pedal box system years ago in a sports sedan and found once we got the brake set up right it was never adjusted again and I had to go to the gym to build up my leg muscles to use it.It does give better feel once you are used to it when stopping from250 klicks but lets get real with a Golf rally car.
Lee Peterson won the National 1600 Rally class in a Mirage Cyborg like ours and they run a normal factory booster and mastercylinder.
An inline brake bias adjuster would be the easiest way to get some adjustment into your braking system.
Thank our Dutch friend for his input.