My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

[Mark BEX]

To have brakes, first you got to fit some on ...

From the donor car, nothing special, though they are of decent size (and vented) relative to the BEX's weight. Not a bad thing because the 2 fronts will do most of the braking.

 

[Made in USA]

To have brakes, first you got to fit some on ...

From the donor car, nothing special, though they are of decent size (and vented) relative to the BEX's weight. Not a bad thing because the 2 fronts will do most of the braking.

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Good idea. (I don't think anybody was expecting Brembo's.)

 

[3wheelin]

To have brakes, first you got to fit some on ...

From the donor car, nothing special, though they are of decent size (and vented) relative to the BEX's weight. Not a bad thing because the 2 fronts will do most of the braking.

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I can almost see the finish line..... I see the driver's seat in place. Let's take this bad boy for a little spin shall we?

 

[Mel]

From a pilot's point of view, Let's don't try spins quite yet!

 

[84mpg]

Won’t be long and gas will be put into it!!

 

[Mark BEX]

Finally found a brake pipe guy in the next city over who supplies lots of the local parts shops with various lengths of brake pipes, from 6" through to 10'. Very well made, and has the lengths I need in my local parts shop, but I had to find him first then find out where they were sold in my city..

Once again it's not about just finding and fitting a part, it's about finding suppliers where required.

 

[JEBar]

good to hear you found a good brake pipe guy .... what's a brake pipe ? ?

 

[W. WIllie]

"Brake pipe" is the same as "brake line".
At least he wasn't looking for a "break" mechanic. LOL

 

[Mark BEX]

good to hear you found a good brake pipe guy .... what's a brake pipe ? ?

It's what the rest of the World calls hydraulic brake lines, because we are lazy :-)

Steel pipes, and rubber pipes for the connections to the wheels to allow them to move when the suspension to move up and down.

 

[84mpg]

Brake "pipes" also had me scratching my head for a second... Ha!

I bet my local parts store employee would have a puzzled look – if I asked if they carried brake pipes for my truck?