[DeTomaso] master cylinder advice

[Sean Korb]

I just put in a step bore master cylinder and booster from Precision
Proformance.  I have stock brake calipers but there is plenty of
volume from that setup.  The master appears to be a unit off of a GMC
van.  I honestly have never been happier.  I'm still getting used to
having brakes that work :)

You have to whack your inner fender a little with a hammer to get the
booster to fit, and I had to bend some small lines to convert back
from the old Mustang SVO master I had installed earlier (not really a
bad setup, I just never had a well working booster to match) and after
that it really just dropped in as a direct replacement.

I hope this helps!

sean

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Justin Greisberg
<justingreisberg at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sso i put together my own brake system using wilwood superlite 4 piston calipers up front.  I ended up using a ford master cylinder with a 7/8" bore, which i suspected was small.  As i begin to drive the car, i am finding a very soft, spongy pedal with a lot of travel.  I plan to go to a bigger bore master cylinder.  I could easily use the ford SVO 84-86 1.125" master cylinder, but I worry that might be too much the other way.  Although other fords have had 1" master cylinders, they generally have an angled reservoir which just looks funny, but wilwood makes a 1" master cylinder that is more money.
>
> anyway, any suggestions 1 or 1.125"  justin
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