Learning about clutch set-ups. Need a little help

[Michael C Henry]

My car has three Tilton master cylinder under the floor board , one for the clutch and two for the brakes. Two pedal arms come up from there and have AC on the pedals. The two brake master cylinders have one arm and pedal with an adjustable balance bar between them to get the correct brake bias front to rear. The two cylinder resivoirs are mounted above on the fire wall in plan sight and are connected by hoses to the master cylinders. Bleeding has never been problem. The only problem I ever had was the Clutch 7/8"ID master cylinder that came with the car originally, wasn't large enough to move the volume to get free travel and full clutch release. I gave up leverage for volume moved up to a 15/16"ID master cylinder . The Tilton master cylinder came as a kit in a box with multible resivoir options. The increase in foot presure needed to operate the larger master cylinder wasn't appreaciable to me.

I'm using the original style throw out bearing and arm with a hydraulic slave cylinder mounted to the frame in front of the arm. I have a Ford toploader 4spd transmission with the 1 3/8" input shaft. McLeod alluminum flywheel ,11 1/2" clutch and pressure plate. the McLeod alluminum flywheel has a a steel heat sheald and multible pressure plate holes to accept any size clutch up to 12". The bottom of the Cobra cast alluminum oilpan is right at 3" off the ground. The 11 1/2" clutch was Fords answer in the day to the power and loads generated by the engines mid sixties. Which ever way you chose it will have trade offs.