VR6 Brake M/C with ABS. Why so expensive??

[zman240uk 0]

Someone please answer me this. Why is the brake master cylinder for ABS cars four times the price of a non ABS m/c.

Can I save some cash and fit a non ABS m/c or is this a big no no?

 

Thanks...

[Supercharged 2]

I think it has extra outlets....

[G60ING 0]

Not a simple part:

[G60ING 0]

Swapping to a non-abs setup is not easy. You need to replumb the brake lines to the rear, install a proportioning valve, get a Brake booster, Master cylinder, reservoir, Brackets, and then install all of it.

 

Can it be done? yes but its not easy.

[zman240uk 0]

Now I'm very worried. My car has an ABS pump but my master cylinder looks nothing like the one pictured.

 

I wonder if a previous owner has fitted a non ABS m/c?? That might explain why my brakes are so poor...

 

Can someone else please confirm that the m/c pictured is the one that should be fitted to a 93 VR6 with ABS.

 

Cheers...

[CoxyLaad 0]

dont worry that is not off a vr6, well certainly not one I have seen. I am certain that the only difference is the outlets, if that. I have used allsorts of MCs and they are all the same.

[rmn 0]

thats a left hand drive abs setup, the right hand drive one is a master cylinder and then a seperate pump, that is a combined unit

and as Coxy said its due to the extra outlets

[CoxyLaad 0]

ah i see - that will be why its so expensive then, as all MCs are around 40 quid that I have bought.

[G60ING 0]

Sorry for the confusion

[Kevin Bacon 5]

VR6 MC is £170 from VW IIRC. G60 / 2.0 16V ABS *and* non-ABS MCs are about £45-£50.

 

VR6 one is 1mm bigger bore than G60 which is the only external difference I can detect. The only other difference must be at the pedal end somewhere I suspect.

 

I've been through all this with Stealth and they don't know why the VR one is ridiculously priced either.

[CoxyLaad 0]

eh? I paid 40 quid for a mk3 golf vr6 MC from euro car parts a few year back?

[Kevin Bacon 5]

That's what VW charge. I have no idea why.