Hydralic ebrake? Is there such a thing?

[airhead04]

So as the title says, is there such a thing as a hydralic ebrake? I was told that the ebrake connects to a booster underneath the car, which is connect to a line that splits into the rear 2 brake lines. Thus giving the car an instant lock with the e brake, when pulled. I know it seems to be used in drifting alot now. Just wondering how the set up is.

Is this possible on an mkIII? Has anyone thought of doing it to one? Any down falls to it?

Help is apreciated. Please dont flame in this thread, and yes i searched on here and came up with nothing on the subject.

-David

 

[GrimJack]

Of course it's *possible*.

However, the law around building cars specifies that the emergency brake must be on a separate system for a reason. Specifically, so that if the regular brakes fail, you can still use the other system in case of, well, emergency.

 

[Devin LeBlanc]

In drifting we set it up like that.. usually with a T into the rear brakes and a hydraulic E brake (Basically a slave cylinder with a long handle on it) Some of the time we do a dual rear caliper that has a separate system just for the Ebrake

 

[NashMan]

teedline is most comon

 

[airhead04]

OK, so that would mean the ebrake pads inside the rotors are no longer used correct? Because you are now using the regular braking system.

Grim, would it still be legal if I moved the ebrake to the other side of the console? What I mean by that is, have 2 ebrakes. One on the driver side (hydraulic) and one on the passenger side (non hydraulic?)
The hydraulic one would be for drift/race purpose only, and the other for everyday use.

 

[Devin LeBlanc]

Correct, That would be fine.. Here is how we have it setup on the drift car

 

[airhead04]

That looks good! What type of hydraulic ebrake is that?

 

[Devin LeBlanc]

Its a CNC Hydro E brake

http://www.cncbrakes.com/hsb.asp?grp=hsb&subgrp=all&series=412&subseries=