Pedal mounted 2 step switch

[Mile High]

I use a brake light pressue switch in a port on the line lock solenoid. Let off the peddle and away you go. A switch on the shifter so it works only on low gear is best, no down track excitement.

Jeff

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Mile High

I use a brake light pressue switch in a port on the line lock solenoid. Let off the peddle and away you go. A switch on the shifter so it works only on low gear is best, no down track excitement.

If you feel you have to use a 2-step, a brake pressure switch is the only way to go. Using a button on the brake pedal is inherently inconsistent.

Personally, I choose to eliminate any such issues, and purely footbrake the car(s), no 2-step.

[NHRA1285]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

If you feel you have to use a 2-step, a brake pressure switch is the only way to go. Using a button on the brake pedal is inherently inconsistent.

Personally, I choose to eliminate any such issues, and purely footbrake the car(s), no 2-step.

I use a pressure switch on the 4 speed car but the 2 step is set so high that tapping the brakes does not effect it. The automatic car picks up quite a bit with the two step but I may foot brake it for a bit.

[Lew Silverman]

Just my opinion, but I think in order to make the brake switch/2-step work you're going to need a brake pressure gauge plumbed in there too. This way you'll be able to get some consistency with your brake application.

Lew

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Lew Silverman

Just my opinion, but I think in order to make the brake switch/2-step work you're going to need a brake pressure gauge plumbed in there too. This way you'll be able to get some consistency with your brake application.

Lew

Lew, to me, this would seem to be the ultimate in consistent use of a two step on the brakes. If you were to stage every time at the exact same pressure, the distance and time required to release the two step would be the same.

[Mile High]

I've been using the 2 step since 1996 and I have a switch on the dash. Do the burn out throw the switch then once in high gear turn it off. It's such a habit that while at the Nitro Jam in San Antonio ( footbrake class) I kept reaching for the switch. A brake pressure gauge would probably keep you more consistant . The factory 64 Falcon brake light switch that screws into the master cylinder is what I use.

A friend of mine wired his to the brake light switch on his 72 Nova at first and it worked well. Then he drilled and tapped the master cylinder to use the Ford pressure brake light switch and he says its reacts quicker. He doesn't have a line lock but does use a low gear only switch for the 2 step.

Jeff

[hookdaddy]

Originally Posted by Mile High

I use a brake light pressue switch in a port on the line lock solenoid. Let off the peddle and away you go. A switch on the shifter so it works only on low gear is best, no down track excitement.

Jeff

Doesn't that put you on the low RPM chip during the burnout?

[Richard Grant]

Are you saying use the factory switch? Will it work? I have always just foot braked like Michael but I would like the option. I used the switch on my other car once and awhile. I think that it may have improved the et though I never proved it and I liked footbraking better.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Richard Grant

Are you saying use the factory switch? Will it work? I have always just foot braked like Michael but I would like the option. I used the switch on my other car once and awhile. I think that it may have improved the et though I never proved it and I liked footbraking better.

The factory brake light switch "might" work. However, it is a short throw switch, and not very adjustable. The odds of it working correctly for you are very slim.

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

The factory brake light switch "might" work. However, it is a short throw switch, and not very adjustable. The odds of it working correctly for you are very slim.

Alan, the factory brake switch has worked very well in Dad's car, however I tried to do that in the camaro and it didn't like it at all. I have a harrington button sitting on my desk ready to go in before i come up there