I ended up going with a full hydraulic clutch master cylinder on my T5 swap. After some deliberation this is what I came up with. (Minus the spring I'm going to come up with a better return spring that's all I had at the time) Please excuse the ****py welding I just started learning. The rod to the master cylinder is level through the whole pedal range of motion.
Good work. I am doing the same on my 302/T-5. What did you use on the other end? Any details you might provide on fab or P/N's would be helpful.
I used the ram clutches hydraulic throw out bearing and spacer from Speedway and went to the unicorn palace (hardware store) to put together the linkage. The linkage is just a heim joint that matched the thread of the master cylinder (5/16X24 for mine) and a brake yoke to fit it. I moved the clutch pedal through its full range of motion and mount a point where it was level through its full range of motion, to not bind up the master cylinder. I marked the point where I thought lined up un the firewall and drilled a small hole. Using a long nail coming from the firewall side into the female end if the heim joint I moved the pedal again and saw it wasn't lined up right so I had to drill another which lined up much better. Then I used that hole for an 1 1/2" hole saw to make the hole. Checked for alignment again and then marked and drilled the mounting holes for the master cylinder. Once mounted it's just a matter of adjusting the heim joint to the right length. The motor and transmission are hopefully going back in on Tuesday so I can test everything out. Master cylinder:http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Wilwood-260-1304-Clutch-and-Small-Brake-Master-Cylinder,8567.html Throw out bearing: http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Ram-C...ck-Hydraulic-Throwout-Bearing-Only,29140.html Spacer:http://www.speedwaymotors.com/GM-T-5-to-Flathead-Release-Bearing-Adapter-for-910-25610,50702.html
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