[DeTomaso] clutch effort - hydrovac

[Thomas Tornblom]

Some mid 60:s, pre B20, Volvo Amazon and P1800 had these. Likely donors 
would be 1967-1968,

They appear to be Girling Mk2B units, also available on some British 
cars of similar age.

Thomas


Barry Seib skrev:
> Slow on this list lately anyway ...
> 
> Been nosing around on the net and dreaming about ways to reduce the clutch
> effort in a Pantera. I know Ron has applied the Mitsubishi 3000GT unit
> successfully, but it involves some heavy mods on the pedal assembly. I
> remember my old Studebaker Hawk used a remote vaccuum booster that was not
> linked to the pedal mechanically, but used a remote vacuum diaphragm unit to
> multiply pressure as fed to it from the standard master cyl. I gather it was
> also used in some trucks and 50s chevys. I think the term is hydrovac and
> I'm wondering if any intrepid Pantera owner has used a setup like this to
> ease the clutch? It would only require mounting and hose connections and
> wouldn't need to be linked to the clutch pedal.
> 
> http://vehiclesofvictory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/chevy-hydrovac1.jpg
> 
> 
> Happy New Year to you all from Canada ! ( -31C here tonight)
> 
> Barry
> 
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