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RE: Brake Master Cylinder Needed -- Spitfire and GT6

To: "'Herald948@aol.com '" <Herald948@aol.com>,
Subject: RE: Brake Master Cylinder Needed -- Spitfire and GT6
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 18:31:28 -0700
 wilwood also has dual m/c. I bet they're patterned after girlings just like
the singles are. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
To: sbarr@mccarty-law.com; fot@autox.team.net
Sent: 5/27/2005 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: Brake Master Cylinder Needed -- Spitfire and GT6

In a message dated 5/27/2005 7:45:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sbarr@mccarty-law.com writes:

So, does  anyone have a good used master cylinder for Spitfire or GT6
they'd 
like to  part with (Spit Mk 3 through early 1500, 1967-75) (all GT6
years)  ?

Last spring, in a fit of desperation to get the Spitfire to the race
track, 
I stole the brake master cylinder off of my daily driver/autox  GT6.  I
was 
thinking, of course, that I'd rebuild the Spitfire's MC and  install it
on the 
GT6, as it's the same part.



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Actually, as I recall, it's NOT the same. If memory serves, the GT6 dual

master is more like a 70/30, while the Spitfire's is 50/50. Makes sense
when you  
consider the heavier nose of a GT6. I've also heard of spotty
availability of 
 rebuild kits for the GT6 cylinder.
 
Good luck!  


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