MK5 Brake Reservoir and MC routing

Hi,

My build has the Wilwood Brakes with the Brake Booster. Engine plans are the 427 Boss Block as far as clearances in the bay.

I started on brake lines, I was able to neatly prebend them & route them, but felt that cutting through the footbox panel and snaking them back through would be a challenge, and one that I would not want to do again if a flare was not perfect.

My resolve after speaking with Wilwood may be to run flexible or short hoses on the Footbox side, to a fitting in the footbox panel, then copper 3/16 to the booster. On the FFR video they show possibly routing up to the far outside corner and around the outside panel and back along the box tube as a possible path. Honestly not sure which would look best or be best, but interested to see what others may have done here.

On the Reservoir, we get these really nice chrome like Reservoirs. It seems like everyone is mounting them in what I call the Jungle Gym in front of the Footbox. With this being done, 2 items come to mind, A. You can not see them at all, hence so much for the nice look, B. How difficult is it to fill them here or is it possible to check and fill them at all with the body on?

Attached is a pic of one on a Backdraft which kind of looks nice, but with them on the engine side, any negatives as far as spacing or other?

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I used a Scott's triple reservoir and ran all my lines through bulkhead fittings. You could certainly run flexible hoses on the inside of the footbox to the bulkhead fittings.

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Your fittings and routing look great. Problem is on the MK5, the swoop outwards of the engine frame is much tighter to the engine.

Here is a pic with panels attached.

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Originally Posted by wheelindex

Your fittings and routing look great. Problem is on the MK5, the swoop outwards of the engine frame is much tighter to the engine.

Here is a pic with panels attached.

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Yep, understand and appreciate that. What I really wanted to show was the Scott's triple reservoir which is nice and small and my use of bulkhead fittings. Hope it helps.

Where did you get the fittings, I will also look at that reservoir, although I am not doing a hydraulic clutch -- yet

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Originally Posted by wheelindex

Where did you get the fittings, I will also look at that reservoir, although I am not doing a hydraulic clutch -- yet

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The fittings are all Earl's purchased from Summit. I find it best to go to the Earl's website to find the part numbers then search them on the Summit site.


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