T56 Magnum Conversion
Here's the paint:
I didn't have enough paint apparently to do the whole floor, but that's OK, I got all the spots I touched and also have the bottom painted up nicely in black (I use gloss because grease doesn't stick to it as well as flat)
The last couple of days after work, I've been working on installing the hydraulic clutch master cylinder. I'm not sure I have the firewall angle or inner fender hole right yet, so no pictures, but what they don't tell you is that the pedal ratio of the stock pedal is no where near enough for the clutch master cylinder. I had it all hooked up last night and there isn't near enough pedal travel. My calculations showed the pedal was 11.5" long -> and the pin was approx 2 5/8 from the pivot center, giving an approximately 4.3:1 pedal ratio. The clutch slave needs somewhere between 5.5:1 and 6.25:1 to have the correct travel and pedal modulation.
I cut the original piece off, welded on a piece of 1 1/4" x 1/4" bar stock lapped over the original and drilled a hole at approx 1.9" from the pin to get a 6:1 pedal ratio. I left everything on the other side for the down stop and also for the clutch interlock switch. We'll see how it works tomorrow, but it appears that the hole travels in a straight line about 1 1/8" which should be perfect. This has been a bit frustrating if I'm honest, even the bracket on the firewall needed grinding and I also had to tack weld it on there, which I would also recommend.
In other news, since it's not published anywhere, the shifter stub on the T56 Magnum is threaded 3/8-24. I also have my SST shift handle and white shift knob. Carpet should arrive tomorrow - I bought the ACC carpet with the heat/thermal backing so we'll see how that goes.
Here's the paint:
I didn't have enough paint apparently to do the whole floor, but that's OK, I got all the spots I touched and also have the bottom painted up nicely in black (I use gloss because grease doesn't stick to it as well as flat)
The last couple of days after work, I've been working on installing the hydraulic clutch master cylinder. I'm not sure I have the firewall angle or inner fender hole right yet, so no pictures, but what they don't tell you is that the pedal ratio of the stock pedal is no where near enough for the clutch master cylinder. I had it all hooked up last night and there isn't near enough pedal travel. My calculations showed the pedal was 11.5" long -> and the pin was approx 2 5/8 from the pivot center, giving an approximately 4.3:1 pedal ratio. The clutch slave needs somewhere between 5.5:1 and 6.25:1 to have the correct travel and pedal modulation.
I cut the original piece off, welded on a piece of 1 1/4" x 1/4" bar stock lapped over the original and drilled a hole at approx 1.9" from the pin to get a 6:1 pedal ratio. I left everything on the other side for the down stop and also for the clutch interlock switch. We'll see how it works tomorrow, but it appears that the hole travels in a straight line about 1 1/8" which should be perfect. This has been a bit frustrating if I'm honest, even the bracket on the firewall needed grinding and I also had to tack weld it on there, which I would also recommend.
In other news, since it's not published anywhere, the shifter stub on the T56 Magnum is threaded 3/8-24. I also have my SST shift handle and white shift knob. Carpet should arrive tomorrow - I bought the ACC carpet with the heat/thermal backing so we'll see how that goes.