Excessive pedal travel on rebuilt S callipers, but car stops fine Options

[phillstek]

Just finished rebuilding the front callipers with new pistons and seals. Bled them 3 times including power bleeding but the pedal just won't come up. It feels like half the available pedal travel is in free motion before the brakes engage.

Car stops without pulling or locking up and the pedal pressure holds when stomping on them but I would prefer to have the pedal engage pretty much as soon as I hit them.

Any suggestions on possible cause and what I need to do to fix it?

Thanks

[brant]

The miata was with a different sanctioning body than I had never run before.

It is a club called "nostalgia". That was in 2007 and I have never returned to one of their events since.

they were allowing a couple of cars in to fill out their grid
the @#$%% miata driver also owned an alfa vintage car
he was friends with the steward and they let him bring the miata instead of his alfa...

I asked him why he didn't lift when he went off the track and hooked it back on to t-bone me. I dodge into the gravel on the opposite side of the track before he got me but I couldn't get out of the way far enough in time.

not a fun weekend at all

The other 2 accidents were both by the same 356 driven by the same driver in seperate years... I chalk that one up to completely incompetent driver.. he next rolled the car at a California event. I've seen him back, and just avoid him at this point.