How do you change the responsiveness of the hand brake? Or is there a way, is the better question.

 

adjust it to be tighter, get a service manual

 

wait a second...why do you want more "responsiveness" on the hand brake? Dont tell me you're pulling that thing while driving are you? >_>

 

Other then spending money on a manual. Have any help? AKA diy.

 

No for parking on steep hills

 

i find it very hard to get the rear to slide out, hand brake turns drift style, with this car!
haha, i've adjusted mine tighter but it's still not very firm.
this handbrake was designed to be used this way: apply foot brake, pull hand brake. then its pretty solid enough

 

on a steep hill, just leave the car in gear. that's your safest bet.

 

how about figuring it out and writing one, otherwise learn how to search and explore

 

pm'd

 

man, go search. Mr. 5 posts

 

O RLY! Thanks for all the help from you sir and for noticing that I just started to post. There was some point when you had 5 posts. Anyways thanks for any of the help. I'll check it out myself just figured I would ask for any help.

 

Ya Rly... you want it more responsive? Pull the thing up like a man. That works

 

make the brake lever longer.

beers

 

This car has almost NO engine braking. Use the parking brake on any incline. I live in one of the flattest areas in the world and even in parking lots the "leave it in gear" method does not work.

 

leaving it in gear does not always work. for the 2 weeks or so that it took for me to get the rearward cables, my Rx-7 would roll while in gear on a slight incline. it scared the **** out of me the first time i parked the car and came back out to find it in a notabbly different spot. actually, now that i think about it, my MR2 actually rolled out of my cousin's driveway and into the street. his neighbor rang the bell to ask about the car in the street and that was how we found out about it.

 

leave it in 5th or 6th gear, not 1st.

 

noted. thanks. if i ever need to do that again, i'll try to remember that. what's the reasonong behind that? i would have thought first or reverse would have been the best choices.

 

When you're driving, is it easier to start from a stop in 1st gear or 6th gear?

 

sometimes the obvious things that make sense, don't

 

That's the opposite of everything I've ever heard or read. Engine braking (I guess driveline resistance in this case) is much more effective at higher rpms. Leaving it in first causes the tranny to turn the engine over more, leading to higher resistance.

Leave it in first or reverse, whichever is the opposite direction of travel. If you're really worried about it there are ways to make sure your car doesn't become a runaway in the event of handbrake failure, learn the direction to turn your wheel while parked on a hill - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...a+hill+in+gear

 

Even better -

http://www.standardshift.com/faq.html

 

i think the op was asking for drifting purposes

 

You need to read the posts before making statements.

 

I really dont like how hard I have to pull it to get it to react. Thats why I started this thread. For parking and locking up the back wheels, to make tighter turns and all. Havent gotten around to tinkering with the brake yet but I'll post a how to when Im done.

 

weight room..

buff up..

beers