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Twin Master Cylinders
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This shows the twin master cylinder set up from above - I made the brake pedal from scratch in steel as I felt that simply welding the balance bar tube on top of a cut down standard pedal would not be as strong as encircling it with the body of the pedal.I drew the pedal out in AutoCad and swung the pedal through its arc on a section of the body that I surveyed at this point to consider the angle of the master cylinder push rods. As the balance bar arrangement takes up more room I have had to heavily modify the clutch pedal putting a sharp right angle in the top section heating and bending the bottom section thro' two angles to clear the steering column. Note the custom made clevis with wider bearing surfaces made to correct a misalignment between the axis of the cluch master cylinder and the pedal.The head of the clevis pin is counterbored into the clevis to reduce the snagging hazard from the end of the balance bar.See later engine bay shots for the (four!) piece aluminium cover (jigsaw!) that fits around this assembly to keep the engine bay noise, dirt etc from entering the car. This also has the boss to take a standard V8 brake light switch bearing on the front of the brake pedal.
Another view of the twin master cylinder setup emphasizing the relationship of the remote resevoirs to the cylinders-the bottom of the pots are below the cylinders as research indicated that they would still work by syphon action.Although my setup is similar to race practice - most race cars do not have the heater in position allowing plenty of room for the pots to be mounted on the bulkhead. My solution is a folded steel bracket as shown with Earl's Dash 4 connecting hardware.
Fitting a V8 engine into an MGB
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