Installing the remote reservoirs for our new master cylinders

Photography by Tim Suddard

Our Elva sports racer now had modern Wilwood master cylinders, but we still needed to mount the corresponding Wilwood remote fluid reservoirs.

To mount these reservoirs, we simply designed, built and welded a mounting pad on the frame for the Wilwood brackets. Obviously, we placed the reservoirs where they wouldn’t interfere with any other systems.

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WTK
WTK New Reader
11/26/24 1:37 p.m.

Great project and great pictures. But..........

The closeup pictures illustrate the unit installation very well.  However they do not give a clue as to where the component is mounted on the chassis.  A good set of shots would consist of closeups of the component brackets, a step back for a reference to the general chassis location, and finally a panorama (within reason) of the chassis as a whole.  Fire supression tank location-in cockpit or engine bay? Remote hyd. res. location- above driver footwell or over spare tire?  

Great mag. and hobby.  You keep me going when the outside temps are in the "Crap! It's snowing again!" range. Thanks.

 

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH MegaDork
11/26/24 8:57 p.m.

Fun fact, F1 cars use remote reservoirs like this. But instead of mounting them with CNC'd billet brackets, many teams just mount them with zip ties for their light weight:

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/5/24 11:01 a.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

Ha, that is a fun fact. Just add lightness. 

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