1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

[rspears]

Roger, you adopting me today?

Ryan, I can't hardly afford all of my habits and vices, let alone yours, too!!

[40FordDeluxe]

Ryan, I can't hardly afford all of my habits and vices, let alone yours, too!!

Aw man, that was going to be the only way I can knock that list out in a day. Cause Obama isn't helping this guy out.........................................

[40FordDeluxe]

I've got a question................... I'm getting ready to select my power brake set up. A couple of older rodders I know claim a power brake set up is pointless on these small cars. I say they're high. My car has a stock MC and no power brakes, and you've got to apply some pressure now. :lol: How can it be a bad investment? It's got to make it easier for the wife to drive too I bet? .........

[randyr]

I've got a question................... I'm getting ready to select my power brake set up. A couple of older rodders I know claim a power brake set up is pointless on these small cars. I say they're high. My car has a stock MC and no power brakes, and you've got to apply some pressure now. :lol: How can it be a bad investment? It's got to make it easier for the wife to drive too I bet? .........

Ryan, for what it's worth, I drove my '37 for many years with the stock MustangII rotors (with wheel adapters) and a dual-chamber MC with no booster. I never had any problem stopping the car in any situation. I did let a girl drive it once and she complained the pedal was hard to push. That was the last time she got to drive it!!!

I am planning for a power booster and bigger rotors on my rebuild though I think it's going to be a pain to route the exhaust around the booster.....

You'll need a proportioning valve if you're running front disc/rear drum.

[34_40]

Are you changing rotors and calipers? Or, keeping what's already there? If the former, go the biggest you can reasonably.

If the latter, get the largest diameter booster you can fit.

I personally like large rotors/calipers. You can stop my car with just your big toe and no booster installed. I don't like booster assist brakes - personal preference. Oh, and I sat the wife in the rod once! She said it was claustrophobic and never came back! Just the way I like it!

[40FordDeluxe]

Thanks for the responses guys. I got the 11" rotors that are drilled and slotted, if that really helps IDK. The calipers are GM metric ones. Currently my car has stock MII disc brakes. Now I'm wondering if I can build a bracket and adapt a dual chamber MC to my stock bracket/pedal assy? Currently the car has a stock MC, MII discs in the front and drums in the rear. No proportioning valve. I never had issues stopping it until the last 6 months I drove it. The MC was leaking and acting funny. I guess it's trying to tell me something. Like, maybe they should have replaced it when they "Restored" me. Haha I was working on a semi at work and was thinking I may have room issues too due to using an OD trans. So now I'm thinking of maybe keeping it non power assist. We'll see how much room is left.

[randyr]

Here's a MC adapter: page 61

[406Rich]

Here's a MC adapter: page 61

Mann there is not a lot of room under there for a booster....I looked once...

[40FordDeluxe]

Mann there is not a lot of room under there for a booster....I looked once...

You're right there.

[40FordDeluxe]

Here's a MC adapter: page 61

Thanks for that Randy. What are you guys running for MC's? the Mustang one?

[randyr]

Thanks for that Randy. What are you guys running for MC's? the Mustang one?

When my dad & I first built my car we put the MC on the firewall and hung a pedal under the dash. It worked well for years but looked like crap!!
When embarking on this redo I installed a new firewall and moved the pedal/MC back under the floor. I bought one of those pedal/power booster/corvette MC combos from ebay and fitted it to the frame. Then I decided I wanted to go with a 5 speed instead of an automatic. Thus I added a clutch pedal to the rig I already had.....
clutch & brake 4_1.JPG

Sorry I don't have a pic with the MC attached but it's the GM/corvette style MC. I've toyed with adding a remote fill since it will be hard to access under floor.

[406Rich]

Thanks for that Randy. What are you guys running for MC's? the Mustang one?

No booster just disc/drum master, magnum disc`s up front, seems to stop well, I don`t have any issue with it.

[rspears]

Ryan,
I think if you get your brake components sized right along with the right leverage on your pedal you'll do just fine without a booster. Bias towards a bigger bore on the MC as opposed to smaller, if that's an option for you, to increase the volume of fluid pushed for a given pedal movement.

[40FordDeluxe]

I think I'll hold off on buying a MC or the adapter, until I actually get the engine and trans in the frame so I can see how much of the X member is going to be left.

[randyr]

[QUOTE=40FordDeluxe;489760]I think I'll hold off on buying a MC or the adapter, until I actually get the engine and trans in the frame so I can see how much of the X member is going to be left. [/QUOTE


yeah, you might need one of these 1935-40 Ford Bolt-In Tubular X-member - Speedway Motors, America's Oldest Speed Shop

but I think we might have talked about this before....