Hi all... I changed my '56 Savoy master cylinder over to a '76 or '77 Volare unit without a booster, but I am running a Volare front end (slid on square tubing stubbed into stock frame...forgive me, but this gives good brakes and torsion bar suspension). Even with discs the non boosted cylinder works very nicely...better feel than with booster. I like it. I cannot say whether this would work well with drum brakes. Does anyone have this info?????????? The newer unit slides right onto the orginal mounting bolts (perfect fit) and the only thing I had to do was to grind the original stock '56 pushrod a bit on the end to fit into the newer cylinder. Pedal and all remain perfectly stock '56. Very simple and clean installation. (I used the stock proportioning valve from the Volare in my case.....) Hope this helps some... Del Christensen <midnight340@xxxxxxxxx> Dan Merrit wrote: Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:14:51 -0500 From: danmerritt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: brakes I'm sure this has been covered before, but has anyone replaced the "fruit jar" brake master cylinder with a newer dual reservoir? If so, was it done with or without power booster? Did you consider it a sucessful conversion? Dan Merritt '60 Dodge Dart __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ |