69 Camaro Project - Dead Pool

[Vegas69]

Man Ron, you took her to a new level dropping it of to Gonzo. Financially and ultimately.

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Man Ron, you took her to a new level dropping it of to Gonzo. Financially and ultimately.

You are so right Toddski. It's a sickness I tellya... Gotta stop sooner or later (sooner), but I'm shooting for good pedal control.

[Vegas69]

Brakes is something I'm still working on after all this time and my biggest weakness. Let me know how it works out.

[Ron in SoCal]

Will do Bro. Prob gonna look to you to help me sort it out...

[Matt@BOS]

Ron, what sizes did you spec for the master cylinders? I've got 7/8" front and rear; pedal travel is negligible. You sorta just stomp on it to stop. It is great for speed stop style runs and big tracks, because you can't just lock up the brakes accidentally. However, next time I want to see what a 3/4" front 7/8" rear feels like.

Matt

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by 69MSA

Ron, what sizes did you spec for the master cylinders? I've got 7/8" front and rear; pedal travel is negligible. You sorta just stomp on it to stop. It is great for speed stop style runs and big tracks, because you can't just lock up the brakes accidentally. However, next time I want to see what a 3/4" front 7/8" rear feels like.

Matt

Same as you Matt, 7/8" fr and rr. I followed Cris' reccomendation on this - and I'm pretty sure this is the correct starting point - but this triple stuff is new to me...

[Matt@BOS]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Same as you Matt, 7/8" fr and rr. I followed Cris' reccomendation on this - and I'm pretty sure this is the correct starting point - but this triple stuff is new to me...

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think you should drive my car. Come to cars and coffee tomorrow morning. I'm serious.

Dual 7/8" master cylinders feel completely different than a tandem bore 7/8" master cylinder. It makes the latter setup feel like spongy power brakes. The Pozzis thought my brakes just flat out didn't work when they drove my car at Del Mar. Fran at RCR specs out 3/4" fr and 7/8" rr for his GT40s. Campell Auto Restoration prefers the same for most of their builds, which is what Kevin spent a while chatting with me about at last years Grand National Roadster Show.

If you think about it, the 3/4" will have a longer stroke with less resistance, whereas the 7/8" will will be firmer and move the same amount of fluid with less stroke. On these setups you'll be able to use the balance bar to adjust bias. I'm guessing you'll want to roll the bar fairly heavily towards the front... Damn this is to hard for me to explain right now. I need to just show you some time lol.

Matt

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Same as you Matt, 7/8" fr and rr. I followed Cris' reccomendation on this - and I'm pretty sure this is the correct starting point - but this triple stuff is new to me...

You'd better hope that one of the masters hanging there is for your CLUTCH numb nuts.....