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Prop valve question

Posted:
Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:16 pm
by gtstripes
Howdy everyone!
I know this has been covered more than enough times. But to help clear things up do i need to change my prop valve (currently 3040) to a 4040 when i convert to rear discs??
Reason why im asking is because i read on so many threads that it IS required.. Then suddenly its NOT required lol..
Thanks in advance


Posted:
Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:42 pm
by Ajax1989
YES, change it, but you don't need too
the reason for swapping to rear disc is for better braking correct?
so you would wanna swap out the prop valve to a 40/40
if not swapping it out, doing a rear disc swap is pointless,
a 30/40 would work, but not to the rear disc full potential
the purpose of the prop valve is to distribute the braking force
between the front and the rear.. so now that you gonna have rear disc
you want more braking power to the rear, this is the reason why you swap it out...
regardless what you have drum, or disc, the front will always do most of the braking
edit: you sure its a 30/40.. iirc the stock eg ones were 60/30

Posted:
Mon Jul 08, 2013 12:19 am
by gtstripes
AjG20 wrote:YES, change it, but you don't need too
the reason for swapping to rear disc is for better braking correct?
so you would wanna swap out the prop valve to a 40/40
if not swapping it out, doing a rear disc swap is pointless,
a 30/40 would work, but not to the rear disc full potential
the purpose of the prop valve is to distribute the braking force
between the front and the rear.. so now that you gonna have rear disc
you want more braking power to the rear, this is the reason why you swap it out...
regardless what you have drum, or disc, the front will always do most of the braking
edit: you sure its a 30/40.. iirc the stock eg ones were 60/30
Thanks for clearing that up for me

and nah i definitly have a 30/40.
Wierd thing is there was a 30/40 on the si hatchback it came off :/ lol

Posted:
Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:01 am
by CopyLifted
My '95 DX coupe had/has a 30/30. I swapped to discs in the rear and didn't change it out and it feels fine.
I have heard that if you already have a 30/30, swapping to a 40/40 results in no noticeable difference. I wouldn't know though as I just retained the original 30/30.

Posted:
Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:23 am
by TrailerTrash
im guessing that the 30/30 would be just as good as a 40/40 because it splits the power evenly?
again just guessing
uk prop valve

Posted:
Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:00 pm
by hoolio
seen this and thought I would ask aswell without starting a new topic , I need a non abs prop valve for my conversion what uk model civic do I get it from and I want a non abs type
cheers hoolio

Posted:
Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:53 pm
by Ajax1989
any non abs with rear disc civic or intergra

Posted:
Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:47 pm
by hoolio
ok cool but iv never delved into anything reguarding mechanical stuff so what year cars will I be looking for? when was abs introduced and in what models so I can avoid getting the wrong one?? there are no pics of such items anywhere so cant compare iseem to be going round and round in circles with this
thankyou


Posted:
Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:59 pm
by Ajax1989
90-01 integra non abs
92-00 civic non abs w/ rear disc

Posted:
Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:24 pm
by Graham
Uk models are either an esi or vti but both can have abs if theyre a later spec car. There's plenty of imports or integras that have the same prop valve