Lola's New Brakes

mrsbojigger

Made some more progress on "Lola". I just finished installing all of the brake system on her today. I now have power disk brakes with a dual master cylinder including all the hardlines, flex lines, a residual valve and a proportioning valve. That's the proportioning valve down under the body mounted on the Camaro clip in the brake line headed back to the rear end.
Now it's on to the next project!
Peace,
Chaz

rambos_ride

Chaz -

Nice clean work, as always!

I do need to make a comment on design though...




I'd add coiled loops to your lines - as shown in this picture.

The coils act to absorb vibration between the master and frame so as not to crack or break the lines under heavy use or over time.

mrsbojigger

There's a big "U" in them. Hard to see from the photo.
Also this Camaro clip is welded solidly into the Hudson body for greater strength and ridgity, not like on a Camaro where the clip is mounted on rubber cushions so it can flex separately from the body of the Camaro.
Peace,
Chaz

Ol racer

Loops are usually necessary for the reasons described but I noticed the firewall appears very solid so I agree flex should never occur.



I like the floor column mount and overall a very neat conversion underway. Its a shame to cover it up. I would not install inner fender panels..



You probably realize if running Disc/Drum brakes that you may need a proportioning valve. Wildwood makes an economical adjustable valve if need.





Suggest spraying a little WD 40 on your rotors while assembling car

mrsbojigger

Good morning Ol,
Yes, the firewall is quite strong. I tend to build "brick out houses"! There is bracing on the back side made of a 1" square tubing (red) running horizontally across the firewall. Then there is a 16 ga. U-shaped plate (green) which sits flat behind the power boost spanning from the horizontal 1" square tubing up vertically to the top of the cowl. This plate is welded at both ends and to the firewall itself. This flat plate and firewall is bolted directly to the '72 Chevy truck swinging pedal mount. The other end of the swinging pedal mount extends back to a 1" square tubing (blue) mounted horizontally across the width of the car and welded at both ends. This bar is the one that the dash is attached to.
Peace,
Chaz

bent metal

Very clean looking job, as usual. Man you got a lot of work into that car.:)

rambos_ride

bent metal wrote:

Very clean looking job, as usual. Man you got a lot of work into that car.:)

It's a labour of Love!

Go Lola!

bent metal

rambos_ride wrote:

It's a labour of Love!



Go Lola!

Hey! Rambo's ride! Lets see some updates on your work!:)

RL Chilton

I can vouch for Chaz's "over-built" work. The body and frame (firewall included) is extremely strong and he should not suffer any body to frame flex with this car. It's easily 60-70% stronger than a stock Hudson.



You think this is strong, you should see the english wheel he made . . . I honestly don't think a freight train running 60 down the track would bend the "C" body of the wheel if it was standing in the middle of the tracks. It would throw it probably 100 feet, but it wouldn't give internally a bit.

mrsbojigger

Oh yeah, the english wheel. Just finished mounting the adjuster onto the body complete with a hula girl to top it off.
It's made from 1/4" steel plate with triangular braceing on the inside. It will weigh over 300 lbs. when finished.
Peace,
Chaz

rambos_ride

bent metal wrote:

Hey! Rambo's ride! Lets see some updates on your work!:)

Ask and you shall recieve.

Picture #1 is the work I've got done in the shop recently...
Picture #2 is how I feel about it...

#1

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#2