With the rear hydraulic system closed and bled of air, it was time to do the same with the front one.
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It's the same kind of clutch arm and slave cylinder as on the rear gearbox.
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Front hydraulic system also closed and bled of air now.
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It's was now required to connect the plate to the clutch pedal, using a custom-made adjustable cable.
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Et voila! Dual clutch and dual throttle controls sorted! Clutch is a bit heavy how, but we'll get used to it... :-)
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However, later we had to modify it. There was no way the AFM could fit anymore, so the whole unit was moved to the back of the engine bay a bit.
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At the same time we seperated the dual throttle control and repositioned it - this allowed for much better throttle operation. We'll probably re-engineer it later as well.
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And this is another product of custom engineering, as at the time we couldn't find any T-switcher even remotely suitable. Can you guess what is it for yet?
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Well, the idea is to be able to swith to a dummy rear slave cylinder, to get a much lighter clutch when using only the front engine. We haven't fitted it yet though.
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In order to get the car potentially usable on the road, we decided to tackle the brakes next.
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To begin with, copper pipes were installed and the rear brakes connected, with new pads and hoses installed in the process.
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Then it was time to get the "trick bits" out, such as this Tilton brake bias (proportioning) lever...
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...and also this hydraulic handbrake cylinder / assembly, as there's no more cables on the rear calipers.
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Hydraulic handbrake cylinder fitted in place and connected to the handbrake lever.
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The whole assembly will have to be reinforced later, as the floor is a bit filmsy there.
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Tilton brake bias valve in place, positioned in a way that it allows for the passenger seat to be fitted later.
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