Wilwood or Tilton Brake/Clutch Pedal Assembly in an A-body?
I've never really been very happy with the feel of the stock brake pedal and clutch pedal assemblies on the Duster - they always feel kind of loose, never really precision. The clutch linkage always bothered me as well - so I'd go to a hydraulic clutch as well.
Has anyone installed a Wilwood or Tilton Brake/Clutch assembly with a balance bar like these ones?
I did see something similar in Kevin Wesley's 76 Dart Sport, but I wondered if anyone else had done it.
The Duster will be getting the Dr Diff Mustang Cobra brake setup next year as well. I currently have a 15/16 bore master cylinder and the 11.75 front disk setup and 10x2.5 rear drums.
I found this great calculator for brake output. I never felt that there was enough brake output since I have to push extremely hard to get my 275-35-18 front tires to lock.
Here is the 11.75 setup with a 10.5" cobra rear for simplification. This is with what I believe the stock pedal ratio is (6.5:1) and a 15/16 master cylinder. I used .3 for the pad mu since that's a pretty normal pad for older calipers
Here is the 13" front, 11.75 rear cobra setup with 3/4 bore master cylinder, 6.25:1 wilwood pedal and .45 pad mu since these are easy to get for the Cobra brakes
The idea is to get a 1g stop at 100lb of pedal force - this would make a very effective brake system. We can see the stock system isn't even close. Higher pad mu helps, but isn't enough.
Also, you can see the pedal travel should be roughly the same.
(link to calculator Jake Latham's 2000 Radical Prosport )
I've never really been very happy with the feel of the stock brake pedal and clutch pedal assemblies on the Duster - they always feel kind of loose, never really precision. The clutch linkage always bothered me as well - so I'd go to a hydraulic clutch as well.
Has anyone installed a Wilwood or Tilton Brake/Clutch assembly with a balance bar like these ones?
I did see something similar in Kevin Wesley's 76 Dart Sport, but I wondered if anyone else had done it.
The Duster will be getting the Dr Diff Mustang Cobra brake setup next year as well. I currently have a 15/16 bore master cylinder and the 11.75 front disk setup and 10x2.5 rear drums.
I found this great calculator for brake output. I never felt that there was enough brake output since I have to push extremely hard to get my 275-35-18 front tires to lock.
Here is the 11.75 setup with a 10.5" cobra rear for simplification. This is with what I believe the stock pedal ratio is (6.5:1) and a 15/16 master cylinder. I used .3 for the pad mu since that's a pretty normal pad for older calipers
Here is the 13" front, 11.75 rear cobra setup with 3/4 bore master cylinder, 6.25:1 wilwood pedal and .45 pad mu since these are easy to get for the Cobra brakes
The idea is to get a 1g stop at 100lb of pedal force - this would make a very effective brake system. We can see the stock system isn't even close. Higher pad mu helps, but isn't enough.
Also, you can see the pedal travel should be roughly the same.
(link to calculator Jake Latham's 2000 Radical Prosport )