OBP Pro-Race pedal box
OBP is pedal hardware's accessible engineer: the British maker whose Pro-Race floor- and top-mounted pedal boxes — bias bars, twin masters, kit-car to race-saloon fitments — put balance-bar braking in reach of every serious build.
History
OBP Motorsport built its Cambridgeshire fabrication business into the pedal-box category's volume name: the Pro-Race ranges — floor-mounted and overhung (bulkhead) configurations, two- and three-pedal layouts, integrated balance-bar architecture with twin master cylinders replacing servo-era single circuits — engineered for the conversion economy: kit cars and Escorts, race-saloon builds deleting servos, hydraulic-handbrake rally installs, and the pedal-feel upgrade culture that treats braking's mechanical interface as the modification with the highest feel-per-pound return.
The balance-bar's function carries the category: front-rear bias adjustment (cockpit-remote cables the racing refinement) turning brake distribution from a factory compromise into a setup variable — the engineering upgrade whose learning curve (bias tuning as skill) OBP's accessible pricing invited the club world to climb.
Used pedal boxes trade on mechanical honesty: pivot and bearing wear (slop in pedals is slop in braking), balance-bar condition and free articulation, master-cylinder inclusions (bore sizes as the hydraulic arithmetic), and mounting-pattern match — with the safety-culture note that pedal hardware's cheap-new pricing rewards fresh purchases for structural parts.
Palmarès
Under the feet of club racing, rally and hillclimb competitors across the British build economy for two decades — the pedal record: bias arguments settled by cable click, and servo-deleted pedals that finally spoke.
What to check before you buy
Slop is the enemy: test pivot and bearing play (worn pedals telegraph into braking precision — rebuild kits exist; price the work), balance-bar articulation freedom and thread condition, and pedal-face security. Master-cylinder inclusions carry the hydraulic arithmetic — bore sizes must suit your calipers and pedal ratios; mismatched masters make good boxes brake badly. Configuration match (floor versus overhung, two/three pedal, cable-bias provisions) against your chassis is absolute. New pricing is accessible enough that structural doubt resolves toward fresh — used serves the budget-honest, inspected purchase.
Did you know
- The balance bar turned brake bias from factory decree into driver preference — the click-adjustable cable is club racing's cheapest engineering education.
- Servo-deletion converts pedal feel from assisted vagueness to hydraulic conversation — why race saloons' first serious modification is often their pedals.
- Bias-tuning skill is the pedal box's hidden curriculum: the hardware costs hundreds, the understanding it teaches shapes every braking-zone thereafter.
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