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Roger I have a 7" power booster on my '32 roadster with 4 piston wilwoods, save your money its not needed, I have a buddy who has built a lot of cars and agrees, the power booster is just not needed on that light a car much less that little 7" booster doesn't add to much to the performance, my '37 has the GM calipers and a dual 8" booster and I feel since the car weighs a 1000 lbs more its still probably not needed but it does stop well, if done again I would never fall for the thought a booster is needed on a roadster. I have also cut 2 'glass floor boards out for master cylinder doors, if done again I would use a hole saw and cut a round hole with a round door under a floor mat, easy to do and you only need to be able to get a small funnel through the hole, you can take the bail off from underneath, for some reason I had in my head you have to access the whole dang master cylinder, its not needed just a small hole (1 1/2) is about it, just big enough to see the fluid level through, it looks better and its easier to do.

Originally Posted by Matthyj

......if done again I would use a hole saw and cut a round hole with a round door under a floor mat, easy to do and you only need to be able to get a small funnel through the hole, you can take the bail off from underneath, for some reason I had in my head you have to access the whole dang master cylinder, its not needed just a small hole (1 1/2) is about it, just big enough to see the fluid level through, it looks better and its easier to do.

Matt, at my age laying down under the car and trying to get the bales loose from the MC and then get the lid off, only to crawl back out to lift the carpet panel to access a small, round access port just doesn't compute. Besides, the lid on the MC just barely clears the underside of the floor, so I'm not sure I could get the bales loose and out of the way from underneath. I'll check it tomorrow, but my thought is that trying to pull the lid on this one would be a PITB.
On the '33 I needed access to both clutch & brake MC's so the removable panel is maybe 8"x10". For this one I'll just need a nominal 4" x 6" or so (if I position it accurately). Also, last time I followed a recommendation to cut a piece of flat fiberglass out to form the "lid", using the piece removed from the floor as the "guide", bonded to the underside of the lid. Even with the edges rounded it's 3/16" or more thick. This time I'll cut out the hole using a saber saw with a fine tooth metal blade which takes a very narrow kerf, and will then bond the piece cut out to a piece of 16 gauge sheet metal sized for a nominal 1" rim around the hole for the lid. It will be virtually invisible under the carpet.

Roger, I understand your concerns, my guess is the access panel will be right between your feet (conveniently under a floor mat) as thats where my roadsters ended up with a P&J pedal assembly. I used the cool little aluminum panel that Speedway sells from Doc's Custom, works well but honestly I don't plan on getting in there much but it sure beats my buddies with no access, has to use a squeeze bottle and hose.......did you know in Europe they change the brake fluid once a year, that would make a whole new need for access!