brake kit, 54 chevy-where to buy?

Iam looking for the kit to mount a master cly on the fire wall of my 54 chevy.
where do I find it?

thanks!
David

 

TCI has one or you could make one if you have the right tools.

 

check on www.50chevy.com the website for walton fabrication is on there the site is real informative also they make alot of great stuff for are cars just got my pedal kit last week from them and it fits great

 

I second that, Walton has what you need. Todd is cool.

 

Junkyard S10 or other GM car pedal ***embly. 5 or 6 bolts, 4 through the firewall, a couple to under dash. S10 with manual trans if yours is a manual will work the easiest. The rest is drilling holes and maybe making a bracket to make sure it has a connection to the bottom of the dashboard as well as the firewall.


for a booster, 82-up Firebird/Camaro may work, some other small cars may work as well.

 

I've installed the Walton set up twice on '54 Chevys- once with a power booster and disc brakes, once manual and drums. Both M/C were more modern GM dual resovoir units. To run the manual M/C I had to drill new holes in the firewall plate. But it's a real slick and simple set up overall. They've always been pretty cool on the phone.

 

thanks alot guys.
I think thats the way I will go.
I was cuzing the other day real low and I hit a man-hole cover and bent the crossmember that holds the MC OOOOPS!
oh well , I wanted a reson to remove it anyway, that crossmember is the low spot on the frame and keeps the front end from going lower!

 

I did the watson, too, and love it. But I know Fat Hack and Diry T have gone the S-10 route like rustynewyorker mentions, and been happy with it. It's gotta be a lot cheper, just a little more work.

 

Is this just for a power MC or can you get bolt on disc brakes?

 

****gy, this is so the master cylinder can be moved from under the floor to the firewall. It turns the brake pedal into a swinging pedal. You can fit a more modern MC including a power booster under the floor. But you run the risk of ground clearance issues and it's not very easy to service the MC. The Walton kit provides a plate to replace the firewall plate (the stock one has the voltage regulator on it) and bracing to swing the pedal and that's where the MC hangs in the engine bay.

Yes, you can also buy front disc brake conversion kits (the one I used was from ECI). They basically provide a bracket to mount GM calipers and rotors. The added bonus with the ECI kit is you also upgrade the front wheel bearings from ball type to caged roller bearings. The only real downside is they increase your front track width slightly. But, in my opinion and experience, it's not enough to fuss about.

In both cases, all the kits provide you with are the fabricated brackets and necessary components. They just use more modern GM components. But neither are rocket science once you see the brackets and how they work. If you have a lot of time, some fabrication ability, and want to do it all from scratch, you could figure out a "homebrew" way of doing both. To me the value comes in that they've already figured out all the bits and pieces and sell them in a single package.

 

What about a 81 Camaro booster, master cylinder and pedal ***embly...would that work?

 

keep in mind the eci disc conv. widens the track width 3/8" per side..

 

I have ECI front discs, Barely notice the difference in track width. I will be putting swinging pedals in this weekend. 300ZX donor

 

anyone usin the walton kit with manual discs have any probs stopin it

 

I've installed it with a manual dual pot M/C going to the original drums on a '54 Bel-Air. Other than having to drill some holes to bolt the M/C to the plate, there's been no problems at all.