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Brakes

Tilton triple reservoir fitted to Opel Manta A Series
Brakes

Tilton triple brake reservoir

I finally managed to get the Tilton reservoir fitted and connected up to the two brake master cylinders. Now I just need to drill a hole in the firewall  to feed the pipe through to connect up to the clutch master cylinder. But first I need to fit the Tilton reverse mount clutch pedal so I get the hole in the right place.

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Brakes, Interior

FOOT DOWN, LETS GO!

Now the winter has finally passed and the nights are longer is full speed and back on the project again 🙂 While i wait for the crank to come back i have a few other things to keep me busy! Today i had a full day on the Opel and as the weather was nice and dry i managed to get quite a lot done. When i removed the engine and box to give that the check over i noticed that the torque tube doughnut looked like it had a crack, and on further investigation noticed it was totally shot! so…

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Wilwood 4 pot calipers fitted to Opel Manta A Series
Brakes

Finishing the brakes

So i now have all the parts needed to finish off the front brakes. Got the last couple of goodridge fittings needed to connect to the Wilwood callipers and got a couple of spacers to space the calliper out the 3mm to get it centrally aligned with the disc. This was a better option as the other one was to have 3mm machined off of the custom adaptors. So a quick test fit tonight and then all i need to do is get some thread lock and cut the brake hose to length and fit it all up. A little job for…

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