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Benjamin Burgess
Goo Roo
NSW
Toyota Soarer GT-TL, Toyota Corolla Conquest

Posts: 1380
Reg: 07-2005

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Monday, May 21, 2007 - 07:25 pm, by:  Benjamin Burgess (Jampac) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I brought a master cylinder stopper off ebay a couple of weeks back from this link,

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=2 00102378112&rd=1&rd=1

Note that this item DOESN'T fit a soarer without modification, even through the seller says it fits a 91-989 soarer.

Now to the happy ending. I modified this stopper to fit a soarer using a drill, a rasp and some elbow grease.

The rasp cuts through this thing like butter, the aluminium is so cheap, it's old fry pan aluminium.

After an hour of fitting, rasping, drilling and got the bastard to fit and it actually works really well. Massive difference in initial brake feel. It's so much more responsive now.

So in conclusion, if you have looked at buying this, be ready for some garage work on it. I'm currently in the process of working this seller over on thru ebay's dispute system, so hopefully the next one he sells actually fits a bloody soarer.
Benjamin Burgess
Goo Roo
NSW
Toyota Soarer GT-TL, Toyota Corolla Conquest

Posts: 1381
Reg: 07-2005

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Craig Webber
DieHard
Vic
TT

Posts: 607
Reg: 07-2005

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Monday, May 21, 2007 - 08:50 pm, by:  Craig Webber (Soarr) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

But does it work?????
Benjamin Burgess
Goo Roo
NSW
Toyota Soarer GT-TL, Toyota Corolla Conquest

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Reg: 07-2005

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Monday, May 21, 2007 - 08:54 pm, by:  Benjamin Burgess (Jampac) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yes it does after being modified. I'll post pics later on what it looks like modified and fitted, but this is basically what you get when you first buy it, something that doesn't fit.
Brian Timms
TryHard
New South Wales
TT Soarer Goodness.

Posts: 380
Reg: 12-2006

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Monday, May 21, 2007 - 09:39 pm, by:  Brian Timms (Turbo_brian) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How much better is your brake pedal feeling now Ben?

B.
Benjamin Burgess
Goo Roo
NSW
Toyota Soarer GT-TL, Toyota Corolla Conquest

Posts: 1383
Reg: 07-2005

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Monday, May 21, 2007 - 09:57 pm, by:  Benjamin Burgess (Jampac) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's firm, noticeable difference. I've also got braided brake lines, but i did them a while ago, that helped as well, but this firmed the pedal up even more than the braided lines.
Steven Nanevski
Goo Roo
New South Wales
HKS T3G equipped TT coming soon...

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Monday, May 21, 2007 - 10:20 pm, by:  Steven Nanevski (Imprestik) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

is that all it is, damn never seen one before.

I think I will make my own if it works good...
Mustafa Akgul
Goo Roo
NSW
JZZ30-GTTL

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David Wilson
Tinkerer
NSW
Soarer TT

Posts: 82
Reg: 07-2005

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Friday, June 08, 2007 - 07:36 pm, by:  David Wilson (Davieeeee) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does anyone else have experience with this guys product?
I would rather buy a premade piece as i dont have access to many metal working tools, but that would defeat the purpose if i still needed to modify it in the end...
Michael Howatt
TryHard
Victoria
4.0 GT-L - V8 - UZZ31

Posts: 178
Reg: 12-2005

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Monday, June 11, 2007 - 12:55 am, by:  Michael Howatt (Howatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

WHy Buy it when you can make it. All you need is :
The materials can be bought from any hardware store:
1. 25mm angle aluminium
2. 40mm x 6mm bolt
3. 6mm nut
4. couple of steel washers
5. pop rivets
6. 3 x 10mm nuts

Tools are equally modest:
1. Hacksaw
2. File
3. Drill
4. Pop rivetter

Look here for the way to do it:
http://v8soarer.com/mcbrace/index.shtml

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