Skip FIx
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So the first attempted track outing last month on the 500" Pontiac motor/Camaro the Strange /Mopar MC just would not get enough hold for the line lock to hold the car for a burn out. Crappy track we left after two 1/8 passes. Also brakes did not slow the car as much as I would have liked at the top end, 102 in the 1/8th with a SLOW 60 ft, but brakes probably not completely bedded in yet also.
It always took a lot of leg pressure to build pressure max pressure on front and rear gauges after master were maybe 700psi. The MC was a 1 1/8" I had bought years ago. Swapped on a Mopar style 21mm(7/8"), stayed Mopar style as the pushrod and Heim I had set up for the other one. Wow it can make 1100psi with the same leg pressure! It does have a moderate amount of increased travel. I'm going to give this one a try next outing(if it ever stops raining) if the travel is just too much there is a 24mm(about .94") I'll try.
So getting the correct MC size can make a big difference. Many of the manual GM disc/drum cars used a 1"MC, I know Baer even hasa GM style 15/16" it uses for many of it's setups. My 64 has a later Impala dual reservoir manual 1" MC with a moderate deep pushrod recess I am trying on it as more room around the valve covers without a power booster.
It always took a lot of leg pressure to build pressure max pressure on front and rear gauges after master were maybe 700psi. The MC was a 1 1/8" I had bought years ago. Swapped on a Mopar style 21mm(7/8"), stayed Mopar style as the pushrod and Heim I had set up for the other one. Wow it can make 1100psi with the same leg pressure! It does have a moderate amount of increased travel. I'm going to give this one a try next outing(if it ever stops raining) if the travel is just too much there is a 24mm(about .94") I'll try.
So getting the correct MC size can make a big difference. Many of the manual GM disc/drum cars used a 1"MC, I know Baer even hasa GM style 15/16" it uses for many of it's setups. My 64 has a later Impala dual reservoir manual 1" MC with a moderate deep pushrod recess I am trying on it as more room around the valve covers without a power booster.