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Re: brake master cylinder

To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: brake master cylinder
From: Gary McCormick <gkmcc@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:11:11 -0700 (PDT)
Nope - Pascal's Law says so...

Changes in pressure in a confined fluid are transmitted undiminished in
all directions to all points in the fluid. If the pressure P at the MC
is equal to pressure P' at the caliper, which Pascal's Law tells us it
will be, and P = F/A then:

F'/A' = F/A

{where F = force exerted at the MC, A is the area of the piston in the
MC, F' is the force exerted at the caliper piston(s) and A' is the area
of the caliper piston(s)}

and F' = F x (A'/A)

The smaller A is, the larger A'/A is - so your larger Z car MC is a bad
idea...

Gary McCormick
'70 2000 SRL311-13291
San Jose, CA

--- jcgrant4th@netscape.net wrote:

>snip<
> 
> If the Z MC is a larger bore, wouldn't that give me more pressure?
> 
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