DeTomaso Mailing List: February 00, Message #120

I'm pretty much in agreement with Mike on this one.
with a couple of points to add:

MikeLDrew@aol.com wrote:

>
>
> >One lister recently mentioned he was going to install
> his prop valve in the passenger compartment
> (Presumably so he could make adjustments internally
> while driving for more subtle adjustments) - Pros and
> cons?

I had one mounted in the passenger side of my car.

> snip

> Realistically, will you EVER need to do that on a street car?  I doubt it.
> You will experiment and perform several hard stops, making adjustments each
> time until the front brakes lock up slightly before the rears, and then you
> will leave the valve untouched for years.

I had two settings: the front locks up just before the rear (for street and
track) and another position where the rear would lock up just before the front
(!  for slow autocross courses, to help me around tight turns)

>  snip

> Thus there's no real reason to mount it where the driver can reach it on the
> fly.  To do so would require chopping a hole in the floor, and probably
> re-routing the hard line to the rear brakes, which means added complexity.
> (Both cons, IMHO.)

I spliced mine into the rear brake line just  underneath the cars handbrake lever
assembly, and brought the new lines in through the handbrake's hole in the  floor
and up to the valve located in front of the handbrake!
    Splicing into the brake line and mounting the valve..basically a bolt on
job...no cutting of any body work etc.

IMHO if you are not actively and regularly involved in DIFFERENT types of
competition, mount it next to the master cylinder in the front trunk. Set it and
forget about it. That's where mine is now and I very seldom touch it.
John P