Manx Club

Going to upgrade brakes on the Manx rebuild. Ball Joint front, IRS rear, any suggestions on suppliers or brands. Recommendations on 4 lug, 5 wide, or custom patterns for different wheel combinations. Did anyone have problems, or know what problems I will have with wheel offset? Also anyone using hydraulic pedals in a manx, trying not to make too many mistakes at he beginning.

I know that you will need a larger bore master for discs than a drum set up. I have heard of the rear calliper mounts being weak on some of the conversion kits, but that was on a sand buggy.

Kathleen has the CB Performance ball joint/IRS kit on the Manxter. They supplied the master, check valve for the rear brakes and all the SS. and hard lines. It works very good. We bought it with blank rotors, because we wanted a Ford pattern, which they normally do not do, they offer VW, Chevy & Porsche. Don't use the dropped spindles unless you can deal with the extra track width. Go here: http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/album154 for pictures. Tom

I was under the impresion that CB Performance's dropped spindles do not increase the track width of the vehicle. But CB's are the only ones that don't increase the track width.

You might check into the AC Industries kits. They have nice cast parts instead of crappy stampings, and the pricing seems to be quite reasonable. I have installed about 5 sets now and have had no problems so far. I have the rears on my own buggy now and will be putting the fronts on in the near future...

If you were going to put disk brake kit on a buggy, but was going to do only one set. where would be the best place to put it. In the rear where the weight is at, or in the front like a factory car with disk on the front and drum on the rear.

I installed the disc on the front of our buggy. It is street driven about 90 percent of the time. If you were going mostly off road I would say the rear. On the SR I am going with the AC Industries kits. I have put them on all four wheels. The price is resonable and the quality is good.

On some trucks they have a load proportioning valve that applies more braking force as the rear springs compress. I wonder if something like that would work on a buggy? (not on the springs but with a lever) That way when you are off road it would be possible to dial in front brakes so that they would not lock so easy on loose gravel.

thanks for the input domorr. mine will be street 90% of the time. i have a king pin front. but i was not sure what would be the best place for stopping power in that concrete jungle. even the factory disk with them on one end have them on the weight end.