whats the pro and cons to running on of these over a cable


thanks


gus

 

Thinking alone these lines myself so would like to know to, Reyland do one that i might get, anyone got one to have some feedback on.

Steve

 

only con i can think of is the expense to convert from cable to hydraulic

 

it's a must in my view.

For a big power car on a clutch ratchet system exposes the adjustability, were as a hydraulic system takes care of it.

What oil do people use in a hydraulic clutch?

 

Brake fluid Warren..

 

[quote=Warren;3209441]it's a must in my view.

For a big power car on a clutch ratchet system exposes the adjustability, were as a hydraulic system takes care of it.

What oil do people use in a hydraulic clutch?[/quote]


Brake/clutch fluid


Mart.

 

pro and cons is cable is shite ...lol..with uprated clutchs in simple terms

 

Thanks Martin,

That's something else I've learnt and 2 things I've forgot

Castrol SRF is ok?

 

i have every thing i need to do both ways really


cable would easier with alot less things to go wrong

 

Gus

The one I have is fit and forget in my view I've had it for about 5 years

 

You will break cables , ratchets, pawls, pedals a lot more than any of the hydrulic components with an uprated clutch.....

I have a Reyland twin plate clutch with a centre push hydrualic conversion, fantastic bit of kit, well made, fit and forget, the kit is comprehensive and Martin and Tony were more than helpful when I came to fit it. Even with a twin plate clutch, it's just like a standard clutch

The only downsides are that you have to cut a hole in the bulkhead for the master cylinder, but who cares really apart from buftys, as the chances are it will never be removed anyway.

The second best mod on my car I recon after the brakes, thats how good it is, having suffered from years of heavy unrelible clutch cable systems, and I am sure Marco will tell you the same

 

thanks chaps


warren i see phil is cracking on with your bits

 

lighter pedal feel, fine ajustment bite point, never had a single problem with mine as you know gus, you wont be fitting it anyway, cable or hydrolic so why do you care pmsl

 

apart from the bolts falling off yours on the rollers


yeah, guess it will make it a little easier with the tripple plate


i know tommy field snr hates them with a passion and prefers a cable
so just seeing really

once im moving i probably wont use the clutch

 

i had loads of problems with clutch cables snapping previously.i use a hydraulic system now and havent had a problem since.

 

gus if this helps i can supply a LARGE range of salve cylinders and master cylinders for you to dummy test, ive got a depot in colchester or ilford, you can take a few and what ones dont suit return them for a full refund

when i was thinking of going for a hydro clutch that was the part that stopped me, ifn that helps you out as theres loads of options out there, one will work and wont cost fuck all tbh apart from some head scratching ect

use a KA bottle too for the fluid and keep it seperate to the brakes, that way you can mount the bottle anywhere you like and not get the fluid hot

 

I just got Andy G to do this conversion to my car 2 weeks ago, must be one of the best mods i have done. Im running a AP 6 paddle with heavy AP cover and you could feel the cable stretch, and was always in the back of my mind when driving about town.

 

whats the price involved neil?

 

just been discussing these with Martin, his is 300+vat+delivery for diy or 575+vat for drive in drive out, will be ordering mine tomorrow

Steve

 

Andy did mine drive in drive out for Ł300 ,dout you can beat tthat for a price

 

Hi will

dont even go there .......lol....

all i wish that the internet was around when we were doing our cossies

i would have had a shit load of money left

fook all that trial and error done my fooking head in

just think off all the free info people get nowerdays and they will still do it their own way


pay for it once and once only



marco

 

I've got a hydraulic clutch as standard on my Beema.

 

same as my beemer and my scoobie too

 

thats a quality price.sorry to bring this thread back to the top but looking at maybe getting a hydraulic clutch fitted and dont really want to drive car all the way to birmingham for it but andys aint that far.i take it that it didnt take that long to fit?
did you need to fit a new clutch at same time or did you just leave the one you already had in it?
think ill need to pm him for a price for it done to a 2wd sapph.

 

what slave cylinders are you all using


i have the willwood one at the mo but its fapping huuuge

 

I runa full reyland clutch and hydro system and its great, still very heavy but imagine if it was on cable lol

 

Something does not sound right there, it should feel slightly heavier than a std clutch! How much of the pedal travel does it take to disenguage the clutch?

 

what slave cylinders you use in your conversions martin


do they push or pull? or can you order which ever you like?


the way my box is i could use a one that pulls (more room that way)

 

gus
ive just made a new quadrant out of alloy
just need to sort out the pedal being loose

 

Davie he said he would need the car for 2 days to be safe, the way it work out he had my car over the weekend but i was in no rush and he was busy with his car. I didnt fit a new clutch as my AP has only done 1500 miles, but he did fit a new release bearing for me. Took a few miles to get use to as the bite point is low but now there is a lot less slip when manouvering and it made it easyer on my dog box.

 

next on the list for me

 

My Reyland kit is for sale in the for sale section if anyone is interested?

pukka bit of kit left me AP 6 Paddle light as my diesel Audi

 

I fitted one to my dads xr4i(V8) using a Sherpa master cylinder and MGB slave cylinder, and made a few bits of bracket to go on pedal to hold master with remote reservoir, cost under Ł100 the lot, works perfect.
There is NO comparison between a cable and vastly better hydraulic.
tabetha

 

has anyone got pics of how theyve mounted up their master cylinder?

 

Aye, but the feel of them is wank Never liked the clutch feel on BMW's - might have something to do with that shitty CDV tho.............Must get round to removing mine

 

same here and it works perfectly with my modified cossie t5 box

 

cool

 

Agreed! Ditch the cdv, Feels much nicer IMHO!!
Im not sure about yours but on the e36 m3 you can change to braded clutch lines, Yet again more feel to it!

 

Had a look at the braided lines option - only way to do it would be to plumb a line directly from the master to the slave cylinder due to BMW putting some farty non-standard fittings inbetween for the pipework

Having said that, I can do that when i fit the 6 speed gearbox I have