Hydraulic Clutch Kits In Early As

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RustyRatRod

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As the title suggests, how about some pictures of hydraulic clutch conversions in early A bodies. Thank you drive through.
 
No replies...I'll bite although , ok lenco trans but a McLeod hydraulic throw out bearing and a Wilwood clutch master cylinder. Works great. Route the hoses in through where the fork goes. Constant contact bearing,like new cars, and set up was easy.
 
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Here is what I got so far. I still am adapting the wildwood shifter pedal to match the brake pedal

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Rob, we used a Tilton/McCloud (sp) hydro throw out bearing setup on our 65/340-451/833. We found the hydro throw out bearing was hard to bleed as the bleeder hose faced down (?) and the little cylinder they provided for the firewall had to be braced to the shock tower as the firewall was flexing! A motor brace bracket (from v8 motor to trans) was used on one of the cylinder mount bolts to the shock tower and it worked great, looked kinda stock as its still a mopar part. Hydro worked for us with a Lakewood LA/B bell and numerous headers.
 
Thanks yall! I think I have pretty much decided to keep the Z bar setup. I believe I can make that work pretty easily.
 
The hydro had terrible "road feel" too. Felt like stepping on a rubber ball.
 
pishta said:
Rob, we used a Tilton/McCloud (sp) hydro throw out bearing setup on our 65/340-451/833. We found the hydro throw out bearing was hard to bleed as the bleeder hose faced down (?) and the little cylinder they provided for the firewall had to be braced to the shock tower as the firewall was flexing! A motor brace bracket (from v8 motor to trans) was used on one of the cylinder mount bolts to the shock tower and it worked great, looked kinda stock as its still a mopar part. Hydro worked for us with a Lakewood LA/B bell and numerous headers.
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Firewall flex must be common on early abodies?
 
It was bad, enough to feel it. Its just not made to take that vector of force where the clutch cylinder is mounted. Now if you could mount the cylinder on the shock mount and use a longer arm, it would not use the firewall as the support, instead it would have a sheer mount that would be stronger.
 
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