Manual Disc Brake Conversion ?

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  1. gwil81

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    Do you have an article on it I want to do the same thing. And what master cylinder did you use. Also did you use an adapter bracket to go from power to manual
     
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    No article. You just replace the power brake hanger, booster, master cylinder and shock tower brace with manual brake parts. You use a 77 manual brake master cylinder..
     
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    Did u have to use the power to manual brake bracket?
     
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    Don't know why you're asking this. You have to use the manual brake pedal hanger to use the manual master cylinder. Otherwise it's a waste of time. The power brake hanger angles the booster and master cylinder up and towards the centerline of the car so that the whole assembly clears the shock tower. I guess you could use the power brake pedal hanger if you wanted to, don't know why you would though. I converted mine to gain more room under the hood, not because I wanted manual brakes.
     
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    Thank u. I got the trick flow heads too. Cant put my valve covers on
     
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    I also cut the shock towers back while I was doing all the rest.. Had enough of tight spaces with a 67 FB Stang with a 390 and 427 in the 80's. So soon as the engine was out, the towers got cut, & the P/S and P/Brakes got converted to manual. With the power brake setup, there's no room to do spark plug changes, nor removing the valve cover on the driver's side with a 302. Good thing I did all that too, when I installed the hydro clutch setup when I swapped the C4 out for the Toploader 4 speed I needed that extra space to fit that stuff.
     

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