what proportioning valve to use

[onefastermonte85]

I was an idiot and took off my stock proportioning valve, now I want to put a better one on.
I wasn't sure which one to get. I am going to be running disc brakes in the rear very soon, so i figured its time to upgrade. I went on summits site and saw this
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=SSB%2DA0730&N=700+4294922533+4294918719+4294918718+115&autoview=sku

i wasn't sure if it will mount up in the stock places or not. Is there a better product out there? or what would you recommend??
Thanks.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Master Power Brakes sells a disc/disc combo valve that bolts into the stock location. It's not advisable to use a disc disc valve with a disc/drum system. The pressures needed for discs are higher than drums & you may have rear lock up problems. The metering is different, too, so you may have front lock up or at the very least nose dive & excessive front pad wear.

http://www.mpbrakes.com/products/sku.cfm?sku=VL

Tommy

 

[onefastermonte85]

I ended up ordering the one from summit, the link is in my first post. I hope thats not the wrong one. it says its fully adjustable, so i could run drums for now with it and then put disc on and adjust it for them.
Its expensive, but I hope does the job. Did i make a wrong decision???

 

[butta]

Master Power Brakes sells a disc/disc combo valve that bolts into the stock location. It's not advisable to use a disc disc valve with a disc/drum system. The pressures needed for discs are higher than drums & you may have rear lock up problems. The metering is different, too, so you may have front lock up or at the very least nose dive & excessive front pad wear.

http://www.mpbrakes.com/products/sku.cfm?sku=VL

Tommy

Thats the one I just put on my car last week and it's the same price as the one from summit. All the lines bolted right up =D> I also added thier disc/disc mc. Mp brakes makes good stuff.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I ended up ordering the one from summit, the link is in my first post. I hope thats not the wrong one. it says its fully adjustable, so i could run drums for now with it and then put disc on and adjust it for them.
Its expensive, but I hope does the job. Did i make a wrong decision???

If you're going to make the switch to 4 wheel discs really soon, you didn't make a "wrong" decicsion. That unit is fine, but keep in mind it's not a combination valve. It's just a distribution block & proportioning valve with a built in adjustable bias valve. It doesn't perform any metering function, so until you get rear discs, the front brakes may lock up before the rear drums can catch up.

Tommy