Goodridge Brake Lines/Hoses for a P38?

G-man said:

i wasn't making it out to be a cure all it was one part in the process along with high quality disks race compound pads and high boiling point fluid, and the idea of the road test was to shake down the vehicle and settle in the suspention and make sure the pads and disks were bedded in, and to get race pads to work you need to get them hot you cant do that pootling along at 30 and as the guy had asked me to give it some stick i could hardly say no to him

its not only rally cars i have fitted them to my best mates mk2 daimler 250 has them on and it improved the pedal feel and braking response on that too!

my cousin fitted them to his 3.5 disco and has nothing but praise for them as they don't suffer from damage like his rubber ones did and when i get round to it i am gonna make some for my series and i was thinking about making a clutch hose too........

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Any thing added to Daimler V8 250 would be good for the brakes. Two holes in the footwell to put your feet through would be twice as efficient as the brakes fitted by the manufacturer. Being serious now, had one of those once, what a good motor, old Borge Warner model 35 box you could bump start them if the battery went flat. What happened to the twin pump idea? There was never a mk II or E Type (same hand brake setup) made that could pass an MOT on the hand brake. As i said, each to their own you fit as many as you want to, i am happy with what Land Rover provide. The brakes on my P38 are superb cannot fault them. If they did go off i would look for the reason and correct it, not fit something to mask it.

As I have mentioned a couple of times already, I've had the brake system checked several times and all is sweet.

The only thing which could be a problem is as someone mentioned, catching the hoses on something. If that is the case then the braided ones will be a help either way. A Range Rover might look all fancy and luxurious, but it's a serious case of a wolf in sheep's clothing in my opinion. I look at and regard our P38 for what it is and that is a proper 4 x 4 built to go off road and not like one of those pseudo 4 x 4s like an X5 etc etc. With that in mind I do take it across a lot of open grounds/fields and over here they are not quite as tame as those in the UK

wammers said:

Also each to their own, but why pay £93.00 for something that does no more than the standard flexi which maybe costs half the price, but is just shiny cover on a standard pipe.

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That defo's not the case, the hose is made out of ptfe with a s/steel outer .

wammers said:

Quite possibly, i do not dispute that. But this is a P38 we are talking about not a F1 car, they are not required and serve no useful purpose other than looking better.

Also from an MOT point of view, you cannot see if they are perishing beneath the braid the first indication of wear you get is no brakes.

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Me thinks Wammers hasn't ridden a modern motor bike with braided brake hoses, other wise he wouldn't be making the above statement....

zzr1200 said:

That defo's not the case, the hose is made out of ptfe with a s/steel outer .




Me thinks Wammers hasn't ridden a modern motor bike with braided brake hoses, other wise he wouldn't be making the above statement....

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No i have never ridden a modern motorbike with braided brake hoses. That is not the point of the discussion, i am sure that braided none stretch hoses do make some difference. The question at hand is do they make enough difference to justify their price tag or is it wise to fit them to a tired P38 braking system and by doing so mask the real problem.On a vehicle so equipped someone with badly worn discs and inferior quality pads could improve his brakes by fitting a more powerful servo and braided hoses but would that be the way to go? I find the well maintained brakes on my P38 to be excellent. They are designed to retard 3.5 metric tonnes as standard, and do so very efficiently. Would i pay £93.00 for braided hoses, no i would not? If you want to that is up to you. You can also if you wish fit silicone water hoses, a K&N filter, a sports grille, L322 head lamps and wheels, side vents, an onboard laptop, television, 150 MPH rated tyres, Etc,Etc,Etc. Does the cost of the afore mentioned justify their fitting in either performance or asthetic appearance? Some may say yes i would not. A P38 with a well maintained braking system driven in a normal manner on the road does not need braided brake lines. Simples.