The blackhole to my paychecks =p

imstillonjava · 07-03-2010, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Max777

your parts list on this car reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuzzMfHZR8c

And that's the only way to do it, rock on!

gotta do it right, right?

imstillonjava · 07-03-2010, 07:43 PM

While I wait for the driver side hard line, there was one more thing to zap out of the way - the master cylinder.

What's the point of upgrading my 4 corners of braking, if the pedal feel blows? So I figured, take it all out in one shot!

I looked into the FEED master cylinder upgrade, and IMO, it was a very overpriced option, for what we can put together here on our own w/o importing anything. The FEED master cylinder upgrade brings the stock 15/16" piston to a 1" piston size...for about $450 bucks. Where as the 929 master cylinder also brings the piston size up to 1", but the cost is closer to around $100-200 depending on whether you go new or remastered. So I went with the 929 cylinder from Ray at Malloy, and bought a new tank to replace my yellowed original one. I followed a couple different writeups I found online, and bought several 12" brake lines that were already inverted flared on both ends. It took a few tries to get the bends in the lines just right....but I finally got them done to my satisfaction. One line needs to be invert flared on both ends, and the second line was invert flared on one end, and used a banjo fitting at the other.

I also stripped and repainted the black bracket, and cleaned everything else around.

Tah-dah! I'm rather proud of how well it turned out.

07-03-2010, 07:43 PM	#2
imstillonjava Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 108 Rep Power: 18	(the) Heart(of)Brakes While I wait for the driver side hard line, there was one more thing to zap out of the way - the master cylinder. What's the point of upgrading my 4 corners of braking, if the pedal feel blows? So I figured, take it all out in one shot! I looked into the FEED master cylinder upgrade, and IMO, it was a very overpriced option, for what we can put together here on our own w/o importing anything. The FEED master cylinder upgrade brings the stock 15/16" piston to a 1" piston size...for about $450 bucks. Where as the 929 master cylinder also brings the piston size up to 1", but the cost is closer to around $100-200 depending on whether you go new or remastered. So I went with the 929 cylinder from Ray at Malloy, and bought a new tank to replace my yellowed original one. I followed a couple different writeups I found online, and bought several 12" brake lines that were already inverted flared on both ends. It took a few tries to get the bends in the lines just right....but I finally got them done to my satisfaction. One line needs to be invert flared on both ends, and the second line was invert flared on one end, and used a banjo fitting at the other. I also stripped and repainted the black bracket, and cleaned everything else around. Tah-dah! I'm rather proud of how well it turned out.