1956 master cylinder

[Maikl]

Hi Steve,

you are of tremendous help.
I let BRAKE TECH SOLUTIONS have all the data and he came back with a pic of what he suggested.
Whole unit is 13'' long (Can be made shorter with a different master) but the vacuum drums is 7'' in diameter. From my feelings that is too big... What do you think ?

Also, I do not think there is enough room for a master that voluminous with the proportioning valve on the left. I am sure it will interfere with the wheel house... ;-(

Best regards
Maikl (under his car again soon... ;-)

[nvr2fst]

I looked at trying to put a dual master and booster in the stock location with no luck. I finally removed the air box on the driver side and made a flat plate off of the air box as a pattern. I then bought a universal hanging pedal assembly fro No Limit Engineering. The hanging arm had to be heated and bent just a little for clearance on the steering column, but it works very well. I love the way my wagon stops now with the front 12" disc brakes. Its like a new car, a real pleasure to drive.

[Long Roof]

Maikl,
I think you will fine that setup a little snug. I wonder if you could fabricate something to let it extend through the floor board al little. That would effectively shorten it a little. The 7" diameter will have issues too.

I want to see what nvr2fst came up with. It sounds like a nice system.

[Gas Giant]

I'll be very interested to see what nvr2fst came up with as well. I am actually considering doing without power brakes for clearance - on an old Nova I had, I found I could push that pedal awfully hard if I got scared.

[nvr2fst]

The link below will take you to the pictures of my installation. If you have questions please PM me. Thanks Jack

Click on the link below to access pictures of the installation.

http://mysite.verizon.net/jcox14/photo_gallery41.htm