Upgraded to 19mm Master Cylinder, Brakes are hard - not mushy!! Options

[vesnyder]

Just upgraded my my brake system along with a major front end overhaul and I am really impressed by the difference in the feel of the brakes. They are as hard as a rock - reminds me of my 911! I did not change anything else other than bleed the lines real well and they went from a mushy VW feel to rock hard secure feeling! I read a bunch about brake upgrades and one of the recommendations was not to upgrade the MC without changing out the calipers - but in my case it made a world of difference.

[shadygrady]

All this discussion is very intersting to me and shows how little I know. I changed my 17 to a 19 and put bmw 320i calipers and wow what a difference. Then 2 years later, I swapped the 2.0L-4 for a 3.0L-6. Now I figured I needed larger brakes and more rubber on road, so we put 911 brakes on the car. Then we cut the fenders and added flares. That worked fine, but then I got to thinking again, which by the way is dangerous. I put on 4 piston calipers all the way around. I then figured I needed a bigger master cylinder now because the car the brakes came off had a power booster. So I bought a 23mm racing mc. Just put it on, but haven't driven it yet. A test will tell whether all of it works. The shop said I needed a proportioning valve, so I bought that, too. It will go on next.

Got to get it all done, because we go to Roebling Rd next weekend for DE event.

All this to ask you experts what you think?

Grady