Just to update this thread...
After putting the 74 Maverick MC on my car and being grandly dissappointed...way, way too much pedal travel...I went back and did some research on the calipers used in the Scarebird kit. They are from an s10 truck, and are what is known is a "quick fill", or "rapid take up" design.
Basically, back in the 80's GM designed a caliper with specially designed seals that pull the piston further back into the caliper than a "normal" caliper. This reduces drag, and gave slightly better gas mileage.
However, it requires a specially designed master cylinder that essentially has two pistons, one larger, one smaller. When you first push on the brake pedal, the larger one first moves - pushing a large volume of brake fluid to the caliper to push the piston/pads into contact with the disc - then the smaller piston takes over and provides the pressure to really spot the car.
So, you MUST use the right MC or you will never, ever get the feel of the brakes right. I have yet to find a quick take up MC for manually brake cars. Too bad Scarebird doesn't tell you this up front.
The good news is that with a little modfication, you can make the stock s10 master cylinder work, but you will have to live with the extra pedal effort since you are using a power brake MC on a manual system.
Just trying to give everyone the heads up.
Good luck...
After putting the 74 Maverick MC on my car and being grandly dissappointed...way, way too much pedal travel...I went back and did some research on the calipers used in the Scarebird kit. They are from an s10 truck, and are what is known is a "quick fill", or "rapid take up" design.
Basically, back in the 80's GM designed a caliper with specially designed seals that pull the piston further back into the caliper than a "normal" caliper. This reduces drag, and gave slightly better gas mileage.
However, it requires a specially designed master cylinder that essentially has two pistons, one larger, one smaller. When you first push on the brake pedal, the larger one first moves - pushing a large volume of brake fluid to the caliper to push the piston/pads into contact with the disc - then the smaller piston takes over and provides the pressure to really spot the car.
So, you MUST use the right MC or you will never, ever get the feel of the brakes right. I have yet to find a quick take up MC for manually brake cars. Too bad Scarebird doesn't tell you this up front.
The good news is that with a little modfication, you can make the stock s10 master cylinder work, but you will have to live with the extra pedal effort since you are using a power brake MC on a manual system.
Just trying to give everyone the heads up.
Good luck...