As most of you know the hand break on the Cobalt works little at best. It truly is garbage, I am going to be racing in a rally cross series with my 2.0 Cobalt and I need a stronger handbreak. Has anybody attempted to modify their handbreak to make it stronger? If so can you tell me how I can go about this?

 

I would also like to know

 

why do you need a hand break to rally x??

 

tell me more about your rally racing

 

The simple answer is, technically you don't, but some people will use it to kick the back end of the car out. Most people just left foot brake.

 

lol i knew that, using the hand brake seems stupid to use in a rally x.

i have rally x many many times, and am part of a crew that our driver won 1st in modified 2wd last season and neither of us have ever used the hand brake in that car.. hell it doesn't even work..

p/s its also a ice race car.

 

That'd be fun as hell!!!!!!! I'd never do any of that stuff in a Cobalt though, but I'd love to do it in a beater.

 

you know how to tighten it right?

 

I dont no how to tighten it,. Mine has been weak since like a month after i got it, is there anyway to fix this.

 

Take the log off and you can tighten it that way but then it makes it hard as hell to pull and doesnt really help, unless your talking about something else?

 

If you want your handBRAKE to be stronger, I suggest hitting up the gym

 

Ryze, we need to talk.

I need to get into rally asap

 

yea but atleast it will keep me from rolling down a hill.

 

Thanks but none of these replys really help. I find it hard to belive that you won't need to use the hand break at least a few times in a rally. A hand break is an essential tool especially for very hard right hand turns where you are not carrying enough speed to swing the car by using the left foot on the break.

 

My E-Brake is **** also. Won't even hold me there to do a burnout at the track.

 

Look at the how-to section, there is a handbrake on there right now for like 40$, hope this helps

 

What page is it on the how-to section. I could not find it.
Thanks

 

He is not talking about making it look better

 

rally racing and rally x is 2 different things..

like i have said i have rally x and know many people that do it, a hand brake is not neccesary at all if you know how to drive

i also have crewed for a real rally car, that races competively both locally and nationally

the Mayhem Mustang
rally car's use a hydrolic hand break...you barely have to move them and they lock the back wheels

 

People, please, it is a HANDBRAKE

 

ahh haha i c

go to forums then go to how to section.

 

break

 

In a FWD car especially, it typically works better to shift to momentum via left foot braking through a turn to kick the back around. I have quite a few friends who rally-x and I've never seen any of them use the handbrake.

 

This has still not answered my question. Thanks for the advice otherwise but I still would like to figure out how to add strength to my handbreak.

 

you don't. you're looking to do it the wrong way. people have given you advice, and things that will work. it's just not what you want to hear, so you keep expecting something different.

the e brake is not the way to go. end of story. people yank the ebrake, then complain when it doesn't work properly? come on man, think about what you're saying.