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Re: *!%$~! Brakes...


>From: parkkj@orion.crd.ge.com (Keith Park)

>Tim has given the important data... the disc system needs a much larger 
bore master as the calipers displace much more fluid than wheel cylinders.
>
>This is also true for the late disc systems as opposed to the early ones,
>the late ones need a larger master.

While the idea you have expressed here is true, the facts are not quite so 
simple.

All type IIIs used a 3/4" dia MC except for pre-66 squarebacks which were 13/16.
All disk brake type IIIs used a 3/4" master cyl; all type IIIs have 42mm 
pistons in the calipers; the pads were larger in the late years, but the 
pistons are the same.  (The rebuild kits are different only because they 
include different spreader springs, caliper bolts, and bolt locking plates.)

Jim
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