Hole in the head project

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I found this neat little item. It is a metal template that welds to the firewall and acts as a reinforcement. It is designed around a 4th gen camaro clutch master.....and a 2nd generation camaro firewall. I hope 4th gen pedals are similar enough. I also picked up their clutch master with the threaded rod. I gotta come up with the other end. Another plus to this "bracket" is that I can play with it on the workbench and figure out how to make it work without laying in the floorboard of a little car.....guessing where to drill holes.

 

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Christmas for me.

 

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In stock form, these cars have a soft cushy suspension. I'm shooting for something a little sportier. Knowing that I wanted a more truck like spring rate, I went searching for truck springs on marketplace. The mercedes has some really small coil springs. The closest thing I found was toyota tacome springs. I don't know what the factory spring rate was, but the toyota springs use heavier wire. Hopefully this works. If not, I'm only out $20.

 

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I went to pull a part to pull a hydroboost off of a Yukon. I gave up (holy crap there is a lot of stuff under the dash of a later model chevy) and pulled a booster and master off of a 1994 Z28 instead. I guess I want a mullet-mobile deep down.

 

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The bracket isn't perfect for what I'm doing. The clutch position looks good, but the brake booster hole is off. I can fix it though.

The pedal brace on clutch side needs to be cut back, but the shape of the back of the booster and the mounting spacer makes me think it will work.

 

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I was hoping I would get to work on it this weekend, but that isn't happening. I did however see pics of this car on Facebook. It makes me want to go stupid low.