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September 2016

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Hydraulic clutch fitting on the Opel manta A series

I have always hated the clutch cable crossing over the engine on the a series and wanted to get rid of it and fit a hydraulic clutch, but have found it hard to find any info on someone fitting one. So i did a google and looked at other cars using the wilwood pull cylinder to get some ideas. I decided on an external slave cylinder as its such a pain to drop the 5 speed gearbox on the A if i did have issues. So a plan was hatched. i decided a bracked that bolted to the engine and…

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Wilwood brake adapters for Opel manta A series
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Wilwood brake adapters for Opel manta A series

Finally after months of waiting for CJS enginerring in ferndown (not speedy engineers) they have managed to finish the adapters to fit my wilwood calipers! So any hopes of getting the manta running for the summer are long gone! They do look spot on, so now its off to the cars temp home this weekend for a test fit. All i need then are the correct bolts and a couple of 90 degree goodridge fittings and then i should be able to test the brakes!!

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