[steve meltzer]

Thank you all for your interest and help on my clutch. As you may recall, unlike the Kirkham group, and at Southern's (and my friend John Dillman's, the brains behind this project) STRONG SUGGESTION, I used an external slave setup. (The car is KMP #174, 427 SO, toploader) With the 3/4" Wilwood MC from Kirkham, the amount of fluid being moved just wasn't enough for that 1" slave to do it's job. Tried the 1" Tilton, which worked relatively well, but there was only a minimum of clutch travel and you needed the legs of Charles Atlas to disengage the beast. In addition, the Tilton installation was a *****; barely enough room between the frame and the firewall to accomodate it.

Ultimately, I went with a CNC 7/8" MC. It was vastly easier to install, as it is about 1" shorter than the Tilton. Used the Wilwood rod and Clevis setup, made some adjustments to the pivot bracket in the Lakewood bellhousing, and Viola, it worked! Nice smooth clutch, tho' I'm certain that no 100# girls will be stealing my car!

thanx again for your help. steve meltzer "never enough time to do it right....always enough time to do it over".