booster delete kit

Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:29 am

anybody out there fit a booster delete kit on their e30? is this kit good on daily drive?

Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:04 pm

What is a booster, and why would you want to delete it?

Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:08 pm

Brake booster?

Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:00 pm

i have seen folk move them for conversions and relocate them etc- deleting one is a first for me.

Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:00 pm

Drive the car on a private road up to speed kill the engine (don't apply the steering lock) as then you will then lose all vacuum to the booster then see how the brakes feel.

Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:56 pm

Iv driven a mk 1 golf with a brake pedal bias box and has one master cylinder for front and one for rear this doesn't use a servo / booster and isn't quite as bad as just turning off engine for no servo assistance. But it isn't as good as servo and should only be done if no other method can be used. It gets the job done but sometimes feels like it isn't going to as your stood on the pedal hoping ing to stop. Best avoided for a dd

Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:37 am

Satan wrote:Drive the car on a private road up to speed kill the engine (don't apply the steering lock) as then you will then lose all vacuum to the booster then see how the brakes feel.

it isn't as bad as that, you can do booster delete but usually things are change to compensate somewhat. still wont have same feel as assisted though

Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:16 pm

To remove the servo assistance and still have reasonable effort for braking you will also need to change the master cylinder size which will 'increase the stroke of the pedal' (might have that backwards).

There are plenty of online calculators to learn about this and work it out. A complication for e30's is that the master cylinder has a stepped bore so the cylinder size is already different for the front and rear. A one size fit's all solution won't work unless you change other components. It's very easy to mess up the braking and fairly complicated to get it right.

Why are you considering the booster/servo delete? There are other tried and tested approaches to making more space in the engine bay.

Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:53 am

id go for something like this. works on RHD to

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Massive-Bra ... 8501886942