To begin with, I eliminated the badly leaking brake booster canister and adapted the mounting bracket for a non-power setup. The brakes require a noticeably firmer leg now, but the booster had not been working very much anyway (besides also adversely affecting engine behavior because of leaking vacuum), and the overall result is quite reasonable. I still feel perfectly safe driving the car because the only difference is in pedal effort, not actual braking ability...but I have yet to try them out on the highway.
Below are some pictures of the booster bracket marked out for the grinder, and the bracket pedal plunger with a new bolt in the end for the proper depth with the booster.
Pictures of the finished job next time.
The other modification was moving the battery to the trunk. Between losing the battery tray altogether and 40-odd pounds of battery from far ahead of the front wheels, just behind the grill, I think the engine bay and front suspension are ready to contemplate how to accommodate the beastly Ford mill. The actual engine swap is still a ways off, but my mind is made up on this point, and I am collecting in preparation: this old family sedan is going to be faster than the Little Old Lady from Pasadena's Super Stock Dodge!
Like my under seat battery quick-disconnect?
2 comments:
I dig the quick disconnect. Where'd you find that switch?
I found it at Pepboys...a little spendy at $16, but my excuse was that I couldn't find longer battery cables than 72" and I had to connect them inside the car somehow!
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