SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR

Go Back   Club Cobra > Club Cobra Tech Areas > Shop Talk

Welcome to Club Cobra!  The World's largest non biased Shelby Cobra related site!

  •  » Representation from nearly all Cobra/Daytona/GT40 manufacturers
  •  » Help from all over the world for your questions
  •  » Build logs for you and all members
  •  » Blogs
  •  » Image Gallery
  •  » Many thousands of members and nearly 1 million posts! 

YES! I want to register an account for free right now!  p.s.: For registered members this ad will NOT show

MMG Superformance
Nevada Classics
Main Menu
Nevada Classics
Nevada Classics
Keith Craft Racing
Advertise at CC
Banner Ad Rates
MMG Superformance
MMG Superformance
MMG Superformance
November 2025
S M T W T F S
            1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30            

Kirkham Motorsports

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 01-17-2004, 08:02 AM
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Shawbury,
Posts: 325
Not Ranked     
Default GM Powermaster brake installation

I was searching for a manual brake master cylinder for my Cobra (as a vacum booster will interfere with steering and headers) and ended up buying a GM powermaster unit on ebay for 66 bucks. That's what it looks like:



Before I had never even heard about an electric brake booster but when I saw this thing it seemed to me like it'll solve a lot of problems if I put it in my Cobra.

I thought I was the first person to ever do this but now I'm happy to see some of you guys have one in their Cobras as well and this conversion is not uncommon (esp. on FFR cars). So this should work quite well for my Cobra too!

All I have is what's shown in the picture. This means I have the brake master cylinder, electric pump, accumulator, fluid reservoir and lines, so the unit is pretty complete. What I'm missing is the wiring harness and controller. What stuff do I need and how does the system work at all?
I assume pressure is built up in the accumulator by the pump until the switch tells the pump to stop when pressure is high enough. Is there some kind of controller between the switch and pump or is it simply wired via some kind of relay? Do I need to use original GM parts or can I fabricate a custom wiring harness?

What wire has to be connected to what pin? Where do the ground wire and the 12 Volt current supply go?

As you can see the electrical installation of the unit is the most challenging part for me as I have practically no information yet.

Another consideration is if I can use the Ford actuating rod, but I think this should be no problem as long as it fits in the hole of the cylinder but isn't too loose on the other hand.

I hope someone who has done this installation before can help me!

Thanks,

Simon
Reply With Quote
 



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:16 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
The representations expressed are the representations and opinions of the clubcobra.com forum members and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and viewpoints of the site owners, moderators, Shelby American, any other replica manufacturer, Ford Motor Company. This website has been planned and developed by clubcobra.com and its forum members and should not be construed as being endorsed by Ford Motor Company, or Shelby American or any other manufacturer unless expressly noted by that entity. "Cobra" and the Cobra logo are registered trademarks for Ford Motor Co., Inc. clubcobra.com forum members agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyrighted material is owned by you. Although we do not and cannot review the messages posted and are not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we reserve the right to delete any message for any reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold us harmless with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). Thank you for visiting clubcobra.com. For full policy documentation refer to the following link: CC Policy