cable/hydraulic clutch conversion

[marty]

anyone here ever convert their linkage style setup to a cable or hydraulic operated setup like they offer for old mustangs. i think if this is possible and a easy enough and affordable to do i will do this to make the efi conversion exhaust system work with the mustang factory headers. any input on this idea?
http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll?parta~partsort

 

[recoiljunky]

I followed these directions here for my hydraulic set up:
http://classicbroncos.com/hydraulicclutch.shtml

I anchored my slave cylinder in a different manner though.

It works real well.

 

[mag409]

I also followed the article. Here is how I mounted mine.

 

[fordguy]

look over at mustangsteve.com at his cable conversion for older mustangs

 

[marty]

ok so i checked out that article but he lost me with how he made his bracket setup for the cylinder work. pictures where not to clear. the questions i have is why couldn't you make it just push the fork in instead of pulling. and is there a certain cylinder to use for different style clutches being some can be really heavy to actuate. and the other question is what do you do with the pedal as far as how far it travels in. do you make a stop so you don't over extend the linkage and put extreme loads on the cylinder. does it travel in as much as the stock pedal and go to the floor. these are just some questions i have been thinking about that are not covered in the article. anyone do a cable setup?

 

[marty]

ok looked over at the mustang setup. the pedal thing looks like it wouldn't be such a big deal but the other end down at the bellhousing looks like that could be a disaster if you don't have a tranny out to mock evrything up. the hydraulic setup is way easier from what it looks like to me anyway.