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master cylinder boar size
t11 - 21/9/12 at 06:23 AM

Hi all.......I have a wilwood duel master cylinder pedal box with balance bar and .75 boar cylinders, what i have is a very hard pedal which needs a lot of pressure to stop, any thoughts weather I should go up or down in boar size to get a better pedal...Gordon


britishtrident - 21/9/12 at 06:34 AM

The next sizes down are 0.7" and 0.625" Not knowing your setup I would suggest you buy of each and try putting the 0.7" on the rear and 0.625" on the front and check out the balance and pedal travel.
Normal Lucas-Girling pattern cylinders fit.


adithorp - 21/9/12 at 07:32 AM

As BT said ^^^.

0.7"rear and 0.625" front is the norm. You'll need to adjust the brake balance after though. It'll still feel hard though compared to a servo braked car.

I'm planning on trying going to 0.625 F+R soon. Just got to find the time and enthusiasm.


britishtrident - 21/9/12 at 09:25 AM

Yep the aim is juggle the master cylinder bore sizes to get good front to rear balance with the balance bar set not too far off its' centre position.


t11 - 21/9/12 at 05:36 PM

Hi all...thanks for the replys,I forgot to give the brake spec.....front brakes are triumph gt6 with ebc green pads and rear are renault 5 turbo with ebc green pads also ( disc's brakes all round ) .......


britishtrident - 21/9/12 at 06:19 PM

One thing to keep a eye out for is GT6 P16 calipers can be very prone to seized pistons , much more so than M16.


alfiebeard - 23/9/12 at 10:31 PM

Any of you guys thought of going down the remote servo route?...... obviously you would either have to fit 2 if you wanted to keep the dual system.

but what about using a single line system? I know it would be scary if a failure occurred but hey all the old sports cars only had single line brakes.

My Luego has the dual master cylinders and uses a Girling 625 for the 4 pot front brakes and a Girling .70 for the rear Sierra calipers and they its bloody hard to stop it from high speeds.

I can feel an experiment coming on

Just my opinion

Alfie