clutch lightening servo
Discussion
OleVix said:
roseytvr said:
Seemed like a good idea as I have a heavy clutch 
So I order it!
I didn't realise it was such a big, heavy lump! It's some 7" across and fitting it in a griff is not quite so simple
It would go in front of the rad but I have an oil cooler there! I have no carbon canister but it won't fit in their unless I make the cubby hole bigger
. Putting it in the boot is not the preferred option.
I have to take the rad out to fit a thicker ARB so will sleep on it and think about cutting a bigger hole in the o/s wing. Any Griff boys out there who have fitted this or are we to hardcore to admit it
Im considering it for my Grief! So I order it!I didn't realise it was such a big, heavy lump! It's some 7" across and fitting it in a griff is not quite so simple
It would go in front of the rad but I have an oil cooler there! I have no carbon canister but it won't fit in their unless I make the cubby hole bigger. Putting it in the boot is not the preferred option.I have to take the rad out to fit a thicker ARB so will sleep on it and think about cutting a bigger hole in the o/s wing. Any Griff boys out there who have fitted this or are we to hardcore to admit it
phazed said:
neal1980 said:
There must be something wrong there Peter, Twin Plate twice the surface area so not as much pressure needed. Mac has the Mclead Twin plate 800bhp clutch and you almost think there is no clutch attached its mega light and copes with his 590bhp 600ft/lb monster...Thats the idea but they cost alot more.
I think fittng one will be on my winter project too along with the other long list of to do's.
Maybe so but mine is the same heavy weight as before!I think fittng one will be on my winter project too along with the other long list of to do's.
Still have the original slave fitted as far as I can tell, possibly.
SILICONEKID345HP said:
What does 1.9 mean ? Is that half the pressure.
1.9 does mean just over 50% of the original prsssure. And no, I won't be watching paint dry in Bedfordshire, Warwickshire or Yorkshire. I love my drive shafts too much.
But I might well be seen at the drag strip next year. And not just supporting the drag strip TVR nutters.
My near neighbour and garage owner Nigel Speed is building himself a new drag car, based on some vintage Ford bodyshell he has. He is building a complete chassis and safety cage right now and has a suitable large yank block to go in it. He's a lovely old boy, about my age, and services all my cars except the TVR.
Back in the day he was in the 9s in his Vauxhall Victor, and he has loads of customers with interesting machinery...
I fear the Tvr boys will be light on the ground next year Anthony.
It's all that getting off the line stuff that does it.
Some lovely motors your mate works with.
The second one down, I'd love that (a woody) my dad had similar in the 60's a Mk1 Ford Cortina estate Woody. My old pa had taste
It's all that getting off the line stuff that does it.
Some lovely motors your mate works with.
The second one down, I'd love that (a woody) my dad had similar in the 60's a Mk1 Ford Cortina estate Woody. My old pa had taste
I was talking to Dom at TVR Power a while back about a engine and gearbox rebuild of my bog standard, and still as it left the factory, 1999 Chimaera 4.0. He reckoned that a clutch swap to the unit they currently use would make a big difference to the heaviness of the clutch. Does anyone have any thoughts on this for an unmodified car? Or do I have to add a servo to the budget too? My problem is sciatica. A few miles in stop start traffic and I'm in need of pain killers.
Sardonicus said:
Ha Ha Ha the Ford Edsel the car that almost broke the Ford motor company ..... and the years have not improved its looks 
Do what,, I like it although I'm aware it was a dog. What was the problem with it cos it looks ace
I had a thing for spraying push bikes as a kid, that Jag mk10 ??? That looks like the very same colour I used to paint the bikes in. Ha
I have eventually fitted my clutch servo over the last week.
I cut a larger aperture in the front offside inner wing and mounted the servo there.
The fittings that come with the servo kit are designed for the smaller diameter brake pipes that are used on the remainder of the car.
For some reason, TVR fitted 1/4" brake pipes to the clutch systems.
I decided that I would like to use the 1/4" pipe but as there aren't any 1/4" pipe fittings available for the clutch servo cylinder, (smaller diameter fittings only supplied and available) I used the smaller fittings and bored them out carefully to accept the 1/4" pipe. This seems to have worked.
So, servo fitted, brake pipes made and run through inner wing so can't be seen and all piped up to the inside of the wing mounted junction block on the inner wing so I didn't have to disturb the pipe to the slave. Vacuum pipe brought up inside of inner wing and teed into the brake servo pipe.
System all bled but as car is up on axle stands, ( dampers being serviced) I won't start it till the morning and test it.
I cut a larger aperture in the front offside inner wing and mounted the servo there.
The fittings that come with the servo kit are designed for the smaller diameter brake pipes that are used on the remainder of the car.
For some reason, TVR fitted 1/4" brake pipes to the clutch systems.
I decided that I would like to use the 1/4" pipe but as there aren't any 1/4" pipe fittings available for the clutch servo cylinder, (smaller diameter fittings only supplied and available) I used the smaller fittings and bored them out carefully to accept the 1/4" pipe. This seems to have worked.
So, servo fitted, brake pipes made and run through inner wing so can't be seen and all piped up to the inside of the wing mounted junction block on the inner wing so I didn't have to disturb the pipe to the slave. Vacuum pipe brought up inside of inner wing and teed into the brake servo pipe.
System all bled but as car is up on axle stands, ( dampers being serviced) I won't start it till the morning and test it.
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