Helping a friend with his 72. The brakes(since he's owned it) have been "sticking". The caliper seals are swollen from sitting. Brakes worked marginally, and definitely wouldn't release correctly once applied. He purchased the Hall Pantera Caliper Kit w/SS lines and we installed it over the weekend. Now the car stops pretty well, but the pedal travel is quite far. Any ideas on why this would happen with the replacement calipers? They appear to have bled out correctly. Maybe the master is marginal? And I've also read in a few places to replace the proportioning valve with a "T" for the fronts, which should change the pedal feel as well. Anyone have this change done on their car? Impressions?
Also like to know Opinions on the Hall Caliper kit in general? Rebuild looks good except for the reroute of the brake lines into the center bleeder(can't go back to the original lines). Any advantage to this? I think the stock solid line setup looked a bit more robust... I also don't like the use of bolts and copper washers to block the original line inputs on the caliper itself. Doesn't instill a "warm and Fuzzy" feeling for me when really calling on the brakes in an emergency stop situation...
TIA
Sean
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