MM Vs. Russell???

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I'm about to upgrade to SS brake lines but I don't know what brand to get. I know the Maximum Motorsports brand are good but what about Russell? Russell is alot cheaper and if they do the same job than I'm all for it. I'm putting disc in the back so I might as well change the brake lines. What do you guys think? $121 (mm) Vs. $71 (russell)

 

Rick 91GT

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I know Russel didn't carry a set of stainless lines for our stock 93 Cobra rear disc and we had to go elsewhere paid $115 for lines, they were from Goodrich.

Might want to look into that....

Other wise the Russel lines were nice, I used them in the front on my 91GT and never had any issues.

 

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Well in the rear I was just going to change the one brake line that was in the middle. Is it worth just doing that line and not the ones to be rear calipers too?

 

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I have the MM lines, very quality pieces.....

 

88stangmangt

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either or are good russell makes nice stuff SS brake lines are a must no matter what. rubber hoses expand and take longer to squeeze the caliper but as we all know steel dont move at all.... good investment if you ask me.........

 

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I am running Russell. No problems here. Very nice!

 

Michael Yount

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Do them all or none; if you remove some rubber, and leave some, you simply 'work' the remaining rubber lines even harder. Russell has made quality stainless line products for MANY years longer than M&M. Wouldn't surprise me if Russell made M&M's lines for them.

 

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88stangmangt said:

rubber hoses expand and take longer to squeeze the caliper but as we all know steel dont move at all

Click to expand...

If it was indeed made of steel, it wouldn't flex at all. The outers are steel braid, the insides are almost always teflon.

Stoptech makes the lines for MM, and I wouldn't run anything else.

 

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ya mm makes quality products.

 

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What about the lines that go from the rear calipers to the hard lines? Where can I get those? I always see the single rear line that is in the middle of the axles but not the caliper lines. Is it neccessary to change those too?

 

Michael Yount

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Legendary - the whole idea behind the braided lines is to take flex/expansion out of the system. When you hit the brakes hard, some of the pressure you put into the system doesn't get to the caliper piston - it gets absorbed by the rubber brake lines expanding. We feel that as sponginess or give in the pedal. What we'd like is a very firm pedal - it makes it easier to modulate the pressure we put into the system. Unless you remove all that rubber and replace it with something that won't expand as much, then you haven't really solved the problem. The braided lines, as pointed out above, are actually a composite. An inner liner of teflon or nylon is wrapped with braided stainless steel to provide strength, resistance to expansion under pressure and abrasion resistance. You'll feel a noticeable difference in your brake pedal if you do away with all the rubber and replace it with the stainless braided lines.

 

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Who sells russell brake lines? Where is the best place to buy them from?

 

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I was getting mines from summitracing.com.

They have the kit that comes with the lines for the two front calipers and the one line that goes to the rear but I haven't found the lines for 'rear calipers to hard line' connection yet.

 

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Anybody know the average 60-0 stopping distance for a stock stang?

 

Michael Yount

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Jegs sells Russell too; stopping distances on anything hugely dependent on tire selection.