i've phoned different suppliers and it seem you can get good hyd systems depending on the tranny you run. Unfortunatly no one has a kit for my 5 speed richmond tranny, and now i am under the impression the clutch and pressure plate is different for a Hyd system than a mechanical system...damn. so my advice is contact one of the guys above that has done the setup and it works for them. Or else a supplier that can set you up with the whole kit that they have had good experience with in the past. I am going to wait and gather more info before i decide what to do, unless someone chimes in here with some additional info your on your own? Please let us know how you make out but it appears for the system to work correctly no matter what way you go and are your tranny selection, and clutch and pressure plate selection. Gord
I went to Advance Auto and bought an 11" clutch and pressure plate for GS455 and used a RAM hydraulic throw out bearing. I don't think the pressure plate cars what pushes it. You do have to shim the bearing to the right depth. The shims are provided. I did state earlier that if I had to do it all over I would use a pull type slave cylinder. I believe you can buy clutch forks for this. Check the dirt track car parts suppliers. The other end I would connect to the cross member with a rod end. You might have to fabricate a bracket to get it at the right height to make it pull as straight as possible on the clutch fork. Here's what I did. Cheap stock clutch and pressure plate. Cheap chinese copies of Chevy clutch and brake pedal. Threaded rod and a rod end from Mcmaster Carr. Willwood master cyclinder, Ram hydraulic throw out bearing, Howe braided lines. Finally a resevoir from a Yamaha motorcycle I bought off Ebay for $5. A slave cylinder in lieu of the hyraulic throw out bearing would have been $100 cheaper.
Doug, thanks for taking the time to share infos with us, I was wondering why you tend t o lean more on the puller slave cylinder than the pusher (novak)
Am currently checking both as much as I can on the internet, and it looks to me that the puller type seems more reliable, less expensive, easier to install,easier to bleed and you can hook it up the way you want with a bracket of your own.
Marc, Canadian winters for working on your car(providing you have heated garage) summers for driving it.....
Well, finally got the novak kit installed. It was a real problem because the slave was hitting the header. What we did was install a couple of spacers & moved the slave towards the back of the car. You can see them in the first pic. I am going to try this out, if I don't like it I may go to a hydraulic throw out bearing. I did look at installing a puller type slave but it hit the tunnel.
nice job Frank, i do see the spacer on the bracket. Once you do a test run please give us your report, Gord
Wow, that all seem like a nice setup, I was going for that setup but seems like its all the parts: novak cylinder, and all tubings, are all really really close to the headers.....what will the heat do???
