I've done hours worth of searches and even spent time going over the catalogs at my local NAPA and have come up with little information. 1952 Chevy truck using original pedals and up grading to power brakes under the floor, also have a bell housing from a 60's truck with 1" slave cylinder. The original setup for the clutch/slave is 1 1/8" to 1". Now I'm trying to match up a master cylinder to the slave. I've found a Toyota land cruiser master might work or even a 80's corvette master but can't say for sure. Has anyone come across this? Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
If retaining the OEM pedals and slave cylinder, you need to stay with the same size as the OEM master or it will change the 'throw' of the slave. Bigger will increase travel at the slave but also increase effort, smaller will be opposite.
As pointed out in above post, with all stock components, you need stock sizes. However, with non-stock pedals and/or some fabricated parts, it's not that simple. The ratio of cylinder size between the master and slave is only one factor. You also have to consider the pedal ratio itself. That is the length of the 'arm' from the pedal pivot to the point where the pushrod attaches to the pedal arm. Also, the pedal travel desired or needed in your application is a factor. Once you settle on one or two of these issues, you can calculate the remainder, but with so many variables, it is not easy to just supply you with the answer you seek.
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This is the clutch master cylinder I'm looking for. 1" bore slave cylinder. Has anyone used the clutch slave from a 60 chevy truck which is 1" bore and not the stock master cylinder? What did you use? Thanks Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Long ago, I made some hanging pedals, using '57 Ford passenger car pedals along with 1" bore '57 Ford master cylinders. I also used a stock Chevy truck slave cyl and as far as I can remember clutch operation worked fine.
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