installing tuscan pedal box

[greenracing]

I am going to be installing a Tuscan pedal box and would like to know if anyone else has done so and can offer any advice. I am going to weld some bracing to the chassis below the floor to mount it to, retain the brake pipe connector block and take out the existing assembly. Need to work out where to get a throttle cable from and how long it needs to be and will adjust the clutch master to move the same amount of fluid as the existing on. The Tuscan setup has a 0.7 master, not sure what the original cerbera is?

[greenracing]

Also, do you think it is worth while adding another reservoir so that the clutch and brake fluid are seperate?

[Engineer1949]

I am very interested in this mod what arrangement are you using for the brake servo.pics please.

John

[scotty_d]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Ask this man he has done the mod, a downgrade in my eyes as I never got on well with the Tuscan pedals and much prefer my leven set up.

[jamieduff1981]

Never driven the Tuscan but it would take some doing to get worse pedals than a Cerbera IMO! The clutch is horrible and the brake and accelerator are perfectly placed to make any variation of heel&toe impossible!

[Tanguero]

greenracing said:

Also, do you think it is worth while adding another reservoir so that the clutch and brake fluid are seperate?

The clutch and brake have separate reservoirs as standard.

[Boosted Cerb]

Tanguero said:

The clutch and brake have separate reservoirs as standard.

I think he's referring to the Tuscan pedal setup?

Unlike a Cerb the Tuscan pedal setup uses the brake reservoir to supply the clutch master cylinder as most Ford cars did in that era. The take off on the reservoir for the clutch is higher than for the brakes so in theory, if you loose the fluid you'll loose the clutch before the brakes.

Re the conversion, I never got on with the std pedal setup even with pedal extensions I never felt truly comfortable, when at full throttle it always felt like a long way to bring your foot back to press the brake pedal.

The problem with the Tuscan pedals is you get the same problem but in reverse, the pedals become much closer. I cut a hole in the wheel arch so the master cylinder would allow the pedal box to sit as far back as possible. I then glassed in a dome inside the wheel arch.

It's just right for me but I'm only 5ft 7, now I have the seat pretty much all the way back and the steering wheel fully extended.

Master cylinder for brakes are same as std Cerb, clutch for Tuscan is same as Cerb so std Tuscan clutch master cylinder should be fine. I too connected the pipes to the bulk head inside the footwell. Pretty sure I just rerouted the Cerb throttle cable and ran a longer servo vacuum pipe. Brake switch is std Tuscan just extended the Cerb wires to the new switch.

Like I say it's only a conversion for midgets

[ukkid35]

Boosted Cerb said:

Like I say it's only a conversion for midgets

I'm roughly your height, and I have to have the seat at the front of the rails to reach the pedals.

I'd love to check out the seating position in your car, will you be at Burghley?

[Boosted Cerb]

Yeah, that's the plan at the moment, more than happy for you to try it out, see you there

[greenracing]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the input and info. Imho the std setup is cr*p even with the adjustable pedals, the clutch is tha main gripe, haveing such a long travel. With the Tuscan box you can alter the pivot points so that you can adjust the feel and the length of travel if each pedal. Agree the pedals will be a bit closer but I found that I have always had to wear skinny shoes anyway as I always ended up with my right foot against the carpet . I guess if I don't like it I can always swap it back!

[greenracing]

It was the Tuscan reservoir setup I was referring to.

[Mr Cerbera]

In this month's SPR1NT, Tim Payne has done it to a Sag.

Just realised that means that a Tusc shares the same oil weight and characteristics.
I always thought 4.0 for Clutch and 5.1 for Brakes.
( I am obviously a numpty )