has anyone ever converted a cossy clutch to operate using hydraulic fluid system & do away with the cable & is there much involved?

 

Ive seen kits to do this but me freind has just done it on a mk1 esc van using a "rally" type pedal box not sure what slave cylinder he used tho

 

figure my cable is bout to pull through the pedal or fork. want to beat it to it

 

Martin Reyland do such a conversion, he frequents this board from time to time.

Here's a link to his profile. https://passionford.com/forum/profil...wprofile&u=328

 

Cheers, will look into that

 

Its not a difficult conversion, you can buy the hydraulic release bearing for
130 dollars plus shipping, i got mine from summit racing, part no HRE 8288
it comes complete with ajustable pedastools, Then youve got to modify the
pedal box, to take the mastercylinder, although you could just buy one
all ready moddified, usually incorparating brake bias , from the likes of
rallydesign or demontweeks, the its a case of running the lines to and from
Its deffo worth doing, and i would never go back to a cable although
saying that its not a 10 minuit conversion. good luck with it

 

ive got a tilton kit for mine the kit was Ł301.75 for everything inc pipes its a tilton 600 series the part numbers are

tlt61-612 release bearing retainer borg warner t5
tlt61-601 adj face bearing

i got it from grandprix raceware unit 1 silverstone circuit nn128tn
tel 01327 855585
www.gprdirect.com yuo will need to get your bell housing machined out by about 5mm
i bought a peddle box already sorted from peter lloyd ralling
not fitted it yet as so cant comment on what its like but its another option for you

 

Kit: http://www.reyland.co.uk/Details.asp?ProductID=56



Fitted: http://www.reyland.co.uk/Details.asp?ProductID=43

 

Good price drive in drive out conversion not worth getting your
hands dirty, at them prices,

 

love gettin my hands dirty . thanks all for the info. will give it a go when the car comes off the road for winter

 

ive a proper second hand one for sale out of a group A rally car,it has a proper peddle as well.

 

Mini's have had them since 1959, glad to see the cossie finally catching up

Joking aside though, point im making is that there are lots of standard cars out there with a hydraulic clutch system you could nick if you dont mind doing a bit of fabrication to get it to fit your car.

The pedal end of things is likely to be more awkward to fit than the box end of things.

 

I have the Reyland hydraulic conversion on my car and it is without doubt, one of the best things I have had done .

In fact I would say that for any high powered 4x4s, it is pretty much essential when running a paddle clutch.

 

For the un-informed among us, what exactly is the advantage of a hydraulic system over a cable-based system?

I assume you can apply greater force and you can vary the volume of pressure far easier? Hence more control?

 

It fully releases and fully engages the clutch EVERY time (which increase the life of the clutch by a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge margin), offers perfect feel / control and there is no cable to stretch etc.

 

Does it also take away the on or off sort of problem that comes with a paddle clutch. Lots of people say the clutch is either on or off and there isnt anything in between

 

Although this may be true of a 4-paddle clutch, the Alcon 6-paddle is not a problem with or without hydraulic actuation.

Lot of people have obviously never driven a car with a paddle clutch and are perpetuating here-say .

 

Cheers Mike.

 

Having driven on the alcon 6 paddle in a couple of cars i would say its a bit grabbier than a normal one, but i agree with Mike its not as bad as some paddles i have had in other cars.

 

200sx's have hydraulic clutch's as standard. cheap to get the parts off them too.

 

Hi lads did a hydraulic clutch conversion on my rear wheel drive puma
1st I machined down the t5 bearing carrier to accept the boss see pics
Then I made a boss to take the cylinder nose APC5 from Burton power only Ł79.00
Total conversion cost about Ł100
Thanks taffy (AKA Brynavon motorsport)

 

I have had Reyland hydraulic clutch conversion to my 3dr

it uses the same clutch pedal slightly modded and the same pedal box

i all so use the AP racing heavy duty cover with a AP 6 plate clutch and the pedal feels like a 1.1 fiesta pop

best thing i ever done to that car worth everypenny

Marco

 

the pics of the manifold seem familiar!!!!

 

i know what is involed in doing this i dont this to mine and a customers engine build
there lot of work involved and martooon does it all at a very good price i muat say
i pass all my none engine customers on to martoon cuz i dont want the hasel for that price