Wilwood make M/C and other brake hardware. You can get information about
them at www.wilwood.com. I am planning to use their 3/4 Aluminum M/C with no
booster. The dimensions and other info can be found at
http://www.wilwood.com/products/master_cylinders/alum/index.html. This M/C
is about 1/4 inch shorter than the standard late M/C without the spacer. I
would be very interested to hear how the size compares with the Girling .70.
Thanks,
Tom Hill
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 10:03 AM
To: alpines@autox.team.net
Cc: ellis838@concentric.net
Subject: Wilwood M/C
Jim writes:
>Question, is the Wilwood master cylinder with the 3/4 inch
>bore big enough to replace the stock 7/8 inch unit and not
>cause any braking problems due to the different bore size. I
>want to use the Wilwood to clear a set of side draft webers.
>Thanks Jim
To clear my dual side draft Webers, I went to a .70 Girling master - and
that included removing the stock spacer, and fabricating a shorter plunger.
It works great. I first did it with a booster - a 1.9:1 version (stock is
closer to 3.0:1, and SS's one is 2.3:1). Even with that lower boost, the
pedal was too soft. Now it's fine.
What is the Wilwood one? Who is Wilwood? I'd think about going up to .75
if it fit fine.
The .70 Girling one has the resevoir attached as all one piece. The cap is
close to the back Weber. When the cap is on, there is plenty of room and
no hitting at all. It is just tricky to pull the cap out from between the
Weber and the MC.
Jay
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