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Clutch Master Cylinders
I'll ask my _second_ question _first_, so you can think about it while
you read my first question: What's a good newsgroup to post this sort of question? I hate fora, so if there's an active newsgroup that'd be vastly preferred. My _first_ question is: are all clutch master cylinders created equal? I'm putting a 2.8L V-6 into a Vega (to be followed by a 3.4L V-6 from GM Performance Parts, if they survive the bankruptcy). I'm doing this instead of a small block V-8 because I'm crazy, because the 2.8 block lets be get at the spark plugs without jacking the motor up, and because it'll help retain a halfway decent balance fore and aft (I hope). Because I'm crazy I'm retaining the stick shift of the original, so I need a clutch linkage. The transmission that fits well is from an '87 Camero (with 2.8L V-6), but it wants a hydraulic clutch instead of the cable clutch which came on the Vega and the S-10 that donated the engine. For a variety of reasons (mostly having to do with the advisability of welding on unknown alloy cast aluminum) I don't want to modify the Camero bellhousing. The S-10 bellhousing won't fit. So I'm planning on finding the correct Camero clutch slave cylinder parts that'll just bolt onto the bellhousing, but that leaves me with needing to get the master cylinder mounted onto the firewall. I already know it'll be a bitch; I'm planning on getting all of the Camero parts I can (both pushrods, both cylinders, even bolts and tubing if I can). But if the Camero master cylinder just won't fit, how much leeway do I have in finding something that will? Do I get just any old thing? Is there an interchange book that's accessible? Are different master cylinders with different bores readily available, and how much can I compensate for differing pedal-to-pushrod mechanical advantages by changing the master cylinder bore? Are there any other differences I need to know (surely there are some valving issues -- anything else?). TIA. -- www.wescottdesign.com |
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