Front Brake Lines, Clutch Master Cylinder, Headers

[hoffmandirt]

1. I am running a muncie 4 speed in my truck so I need the clutch master cylinder. I have one worry about it and that is the fact that the end of the clutch master cylinder is only about 1.5 inches away from one of my header tubes. Will the heat affect it in any way? I have a 45 degree fitting to direct the hydraulic line from the master cylinder to the throwout bearing away from the headers so it will be ok. I am just worried about the master cylinder getting to hot.



2. First I am curious why everything is so difficult. I purchased new brake line sections to run the front lines up the fender well and realized that the 1/4 inch line had two different size fittings and the 3/16 inch had two of the same size fittings. Stuff like that drives me crazy. Ok, so I rebent the 1/4 inch line and made a new 3/16 inch line, but they look like crap. I know that the coils are there for flex, but I can\'t remake the coils as nice as they were. Would I be able to get away with the coils as long as I didn\'t clamp the line down tight in every possible spot? Also do they make any flex line, such as some kind of steel braided line that I could use instead?

[spowell]

On mine I wrapped the two middle tubes on the header with header wrap material and got the thermal reflective material and covered the master cylinder and the hydralic line to the slave. Also I removed the rubber flashing from the wheel well above the a-frame and installed a heat shield between the two for extra protection from the heat. I made the heat shield to kinda pull the air from the wheel well to force cool the master. So far I\'ve not had any clutch fade from boiling the oil.

[spacecadet]

Your right the coils are there for flex. If you leave the line a little loose at its bolt down point, over time it might rub thru and end up with a hole in it. I put a paint can gently into a vise and wrap a the brake line around it to make a new coil.



As for a heat shield, I used a thin piece of steel. notched it for a hhose clamp to slip through the clamped it to the header. You could also bend the bottom 90o, drill a hole in it and bolt it under the brake line bracket on the frame.