# Hydro E Brake **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644 "2008-11-04T20:03:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlatBlack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FlatBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FlatBlack)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/1 "2008-11-04T20:03:52Z")
Hey guys, I just have a question im new to the drifting scence and was wondering how a hydro e brake works such as the MAX Hydro E Brake, does it just act as a e brake or does it serve a differnt purpose? Thanks alot. ---
**Author:** ![sidewayz240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sidewayz240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewayz240)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/2 "2008-11-04T20:12:52Z")
just works as an e-brake but uses hydroloic fluid (your brake fluid) instead of cables. ---
**Author:** ![FlatBlack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FlatBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FlatBlack)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/3 "2008-11-04T20:16:25Z")
oh ok so then it would eleminate your stock handbrake? sorry if that sounds retarted lol. ---
**Author:** ![sidewayz240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sidewayz240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewayz240)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/4 "2008-11-04T21:26:03Z")
yessir ---
**Author:** ![FlatBlack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FlatBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FlatBlack)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/5 "2008-11-04T21:47:10Z")
ok cool man, thanks alot! ---
**Author:** ![white240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/white240/32/5651_2.png) [@white240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/white240)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/6 "2008-11-04T22:00:33Z")
No. it doesn’t eliminate it… it just works on a different premise. most of them just tap in to your rear brake line, before the tee. There is no interferance with your stock ebrake. As I have found, stock ebrake adjusted properly… with good pads (after the pads have warmed up) works ALMOST as well as a hydraulic one. The large benifit in the hydro one, is that it feels more like a brake pedal. You can vary the pressure applied, and that same force is directly applied to the pad. I.e. you can do a 50% pull to slow momentum, or regain a nose-heavy weight transfer. Just my .02 as someone that has installed/used them in previous cars. ---
**Author:** ![FlatBlack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FlatBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FlatBlack)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/7 "2008-11-04T22:20:06Z")
Wow man thats awesome! thats everything i wanted to know. Do you think it would be worth running on a street car thats would be getting daily driven? ---
**Author:** ![Hacknik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hacknik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hacknik)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/8 "2008-11-04T23:15:44Z")
^^ I doubt there would be any real benifit with running it on your daily driver. ---
**Author:** ![Fobwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/9 "2008-11-05T05:09:04Z")
It would be really stupid to run that on your daily driver. Go watch more JDM Option videos. ---
**Author:** ![Cal-SoY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Cal-SoY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cal-SoY)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/10 "2008-11-05T06:07:36Z")
Isnt it illegal to run a hydro-ebrake in a plated car? ---
**Author:** ![NeveR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@NeveR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeveR)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/11 "2008-11-05T11:34:04Z")
if you havent changed your rear brake set-up on an s-chassis it seems as tho hydro e-brake is completely unneccesary. apparently some/most will stick/give weird feedback if you hit your floor brake and your ebrake at the same time. This is quoted from another forum. also, i believe avery is running a hydro ebrake. ---
**Author:** ![DiscoQuinn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/discoquinn/32/3216_2.png) [@DiscoQuinn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DiscoQuinn)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/12 "2008-11-05T18:17:57Z")
It shouldn’t be illegal if you still have your factory cable e-brake unmodded. ---
**Author:** ![PunkedSilvia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@PunkedSilvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PunkedSilvia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/13 "2008-11-05T21:06:56Z")
> [@FS: 1985 Mitsubishi Starion LE N/R'er Turbo+Intercooled!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1985-mitsubishi-starion-le-n-rer-turbo-intercooled/18118/17): > > also, i believe avery is running a hydro ebrake. avery is running one, but the car has not come out yet haha. So i cant really comment on how it works, looks cool tho. ---
**Author:** ![white240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/white240/32/5651_2.png) [@white240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/white240)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/14 "2008-11-05T21:42:47Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/339): > > It would be really stupid to run that on your daily driver. Go watch more JDM Option videos. Thanks for the helpful advice to new members. I ran a hydro ebrake on my RICER DD… it worked well. I never had any issues with the pedal feeling weird, or it sticking. I kept everything pretty fresh, aka fluid/lubricating the moving parts on the ebrake/etc… but really, there isn’t TOO much that can go wrong. I don’t nessicarily condone it, but it worked for me. Granted, my daily driver was my daily drifter… so it wasn’t exactly useless. EDIT: THAT BEING SAID… If you’ve got a stock 240… there is a LOT of things you can spend your money/time on before a hydro ebrake, that will have a much more dramatic effect on your car. Suspension, brakes, bracing, power… etc. Even better yet…spend the money on TRACK TIME. Nothing will help you improve more. ---
**Author:** ![Intense\_Motorsports](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/intense_motorsports/32/5593_2.png) [@Intense\_Motorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Intense_Motorsports)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/15 "2008-11-05T22:03:21Z")
we run a k-sport in our car. works awsome. good lock at high speeds. i wouldnt run one on the street though. ---
**Author:** ![FlatBlack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FlatBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FlatBlack)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hydro-e-brake/119644/16 "2008-11-06T04:12:12Z")
Thanks Mark!, i will deffintily be doing other mods on my car before i even think about putting one in, i just wanted to know what they where all about. Ricer DD yeah right lol, i dont understand what is rice about your car at all!