need a pic of master cylinder with manual setup

Has anyone modified something to make they're own rod? If i went to the later MC what year and model am i looking for?

Yes. I did, welded up my own deal. You can also buy them from places like brewers performance. I used the power MC and it works great. I just kicked the booster crapola to the round file and bolted the MC to the firewall.

Dead simple.