Brake reservoirs in cockpit

Brake reservoirs in cockpit

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motorsportbeng

Original Poster:

200 posts

160 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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Hi all, are there any MSA rules that govern where you can put the brake fluid reservoirs? I ideally want them in the cockpit for installation reasons but I know for Formula Student at least we had to enclose the master cylinders in a sealed compartment inside the cockpit, effectively acting as a bulkhead between the driver and the fluid. I had a quick browse through the MSA blue book and couldn't see anything against it though? Am I looking in the wrong place?

Weslake-Monza

461 posts

183 months

Saturday 29th August 2015
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Yes and yes.

andrewcliffe

956 posts

224 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Reynard F3 cars from late 1980's and possibly early 1990's had the clutch master cylinder within the cockpit, and in not a way that could easily be boxed in or even moved. Most scrutineers were happy with it.

markbates

90 posts

135 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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You will need to box them in or ideally have them outside. Check J5.2.1, single seaters are a slightly different case as some will have been homoligated by the FIA.

Weslake-Monza

461 posts

183 months

Friday 4th September 2015
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Most brake fluid is highly flammable and thereby constitutes a hazard.

tapkaJohnD

1,939 posts

204 months

Saturday 5th September 2015
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I would interpret J.5.1.2 to mean that the reservoir must isolated from the driver, but as the OP suggested, the master cylinder may be in there.
So remote reservoir?
John