Servo & Master Cylinder Upgrades

[McCann 0]

I was wondering are there any servo and master cylinder upgrades that bolt straight onto a 1600 205 gti I have heard Berlingo servo and master cylinder are a good upgrade but my 205 master cylinder is 3 port and Berlingos are all either 2 or 4? Can anyone help?

[Anthony 1,002]

Easy to block off the 4th port on a 4 port MC to give you a 3 port one - indeed, most (if not all now) replacement MC's for 1.6's are 4 port items and normally come supplied with one or two blanking screws.

[welshpug 1,655]

if they have more ports than you use just fit a blanking plug, the non abs and abs items are usually 2 port though many are supplied as 4 port with two blanking plugs.

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

I bought a 1.9 one (Bendix) last month, it had 2 blanking plugs in the box.

[McCann 0]

Will it effect braking force though if you block off one port as the braking force will be going down one line instead of two

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

nope

[Anthony 1,002]

As above - it's pressure, not flow, and thus it matters not if there's one port or two.

 

A 1.6 MC (3 port) is to all intents and purposes a 1.9 MC (4 port) with the 4th hole blocked by the casting, rather than a screw in blanking plug.