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compensator or not?

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PeteG40:
I'm doing a conversion and have a compensator of an old g that i scrapped. Is it worth putting it on and using g40 spec rear brake cylinders? or shall i use my normal cylinders and ditch it?

hayesey:
I wouldn't bother with it.  If you are making new brake pipes then it'll also make that job easier.

Nick_S:
Just get some new normal cylinders from GSF, cheap enough.

hayesey:
another thing, if the car is lowered then the compensator wouldn't be working properly anyway.  You are supposed to adjust them but I've no idea how.  On mine I have the bigger cylinders and a manual bias valve inside but I guess you wont want that on yours!  I needed to do something on mine to be able to get the rear brakes doing more of a job than standard to try to balance them with the 4-pots on the front.

Tav:
What's the difference in cylinders?

I was thinking of junking the compensator and just sticking my inline bias valve in to tame the rear if needs be.  Could prob. do with over braking the rear with disks then trimming it back with the bias valve, not sure if the backs will keep up with the 256's with only drums.

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