Thread: Do manual brakes always feel like this?

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Thanks for all the replies guys... to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure what the master cylinder is from... i just looked at the Speedway website, and the manual setup they sell looks pretty near like what i have, including the master cylinder. This pic from their website:

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/p/3285...ail-Mount.html


The car was built when i got it, Its a Kilbourne chassis, and I believe that it may have been purchased by the builder with this setup in place, although it would have been taken apart for paint, etc., I say this because when I asked about various components on the chassis such as what type of discs, etc. he mentioned that he bought the rolling chassis from Kilbourne, as well as the body. There is only about 10 miles on the car, so I thought aboutt he "break in" idea, but I have put brakes on my daily drivers many times and didn't need to wait a week to have them work correctly, if you know what i mean. One other thing I might note, is that I have a tile floor in my garage, its waxed and shiny, and i can have my foot on the brake and pull it into reverse, then let off the brake slightly to ease out of the garage, and the front wheels skid across the floor as the back wheels roll... I attribute alot of this to the fact the front tires are timy and the back ones are huge, and the floor is slick, but the front brakes definitely are working, even without a ton of pedal pressure. I'm wondering if maybe the back shoes are out of adjustment and are not grabbing as quickly or as hard as they should? I think alot of it has to do with just not being used to the effort needed to brake without power assist... i just figured a light car like a roadster would have brakes like crazy, and it doesnt seem to be the case... I had a 69 camaro once with 4 wheel drums, no power assist, and it feels similar to that... I may rip up the carpet and try to bleed the brakes, but i really don't think air is the problem, although I'v e been wrong before!