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77 cruiser Mar 22nd, 04, 2:14 PM On my 77 Monte I'd like to upgrade to a newer style M/C to get rid of the ugly cast iron piece. Is there some thing that will interchange? Maybe something from the 80's with alum. body & plastic resovoir. I'd assume that if I found one with the right bore sizes & mounting it would work. Jim 72SSAbody Mar 23rd, 04, 9:50 AM Jim, The aluminum MC you want to go with needs to be modified to fit in your booster. The O.D. of the rear MC bore needs to be chucked up on a lathe and turned down. At least thats what you have to do for the '64-'72 cars. Also, the fittings may feature metric bubble flare seats and be on the wrong side of the engine bay. If you are really wanting to do this a MC from late model caprice has a 1 1/8" - 1 1/4" bore depending on application. Joe 77 cruiser Mar 23rd, 04, 9:56 PM Thanks Joe. Have you done this? As far as the lathe work that's no prob. I'm thinking I should find the bore sizes & go to the salvage yard & find what I need. Anybody else have any ideas. Thanks Jim 72SSAbody Mar 25th, 04, 11:42 AM Jim, Yes, I've done it before. You'll also want to grab the removable reservoir off a B-body or F-body ('82-'92) as its tilted in design. Joe 77 cruiser Mar 26th, 04, 10:06 AM Might go hit the salvage yard today & see what I can find. Jim 72SSAbody Mar 26th, 04, 10:54 AM Jim, Sounds like you've gotten the hang of it. Just keep in mind that you'll more than likely you'll need to turn down the O.D., metric vs. SAE fittings & what side the fittings are facing. Click here to learn more (http://www.geocities.com/diels12000/BrakesII.html#mc) Joe | ||