Cable > Hydraulic clutch and brake question

[DroppedMitsu]

I've only seen two people on the boards switch to hydro and they both had 4g63t swaps. The only person with pics is 4g63mightmax and his pics are on his forum hotrodcoffeeshop.com under his build thread.

[4doorciv]

I got the 4g63 turbo swap and I'm sticking with the cable setup. Never did me wrong before, it shouldn't in the future. No slipping clutch issues and the pedal feels a little lighter then my 1996 eagle talon tsi awd.

[l.k.]

I know that an older toyota rear -late 70's to mid 80's ---is six lug and has disc brakes...that is another option..and about an inch narrower.and they have so many options as far as gears and whatknot

as far as the switching over to hydraulic..the clutch master cylinder/resevoir is just align it with clutch pedal..drill holes mount it ...

have to run different proportioner? valves also with disc brakes i would think... a line here and ther...if i am not mistaken..

[pennyman1]

You can switch to a master cylinder for disc brakes - on a 1st gen like my 1980, it would be a starquest - bolts right onto the booster. 2nd gen probably a montero. The reason to change it is the calipers need more fluid than the wheel cylinders. The starquest master has a 1" bore, the truck is a 7/8" bore. I will be doing a rear swap with a rear from a 95 2nd gen Montero - its a 9" rear with discs and I got the suspension links and the panhard rod with the driveshaft for 200. Just need to find better gears for the rear - it comes with 4.625s and expects 31-33" tires - stock 1st gen are 26".

[Acuta73]

You can switch to a master cylinder for disc brakes - on a 1st gen like my 1980, it would be a starquest - bolts right onto the booster. 2nd gen probably a montero. The reason to change it is the calipers need more fluid than the wheel cylinders. The starquest master has a 1" bore, the truck is a 7/8" bore. I will be doing a rear swap with a rear from a 95 2nd gen Montero - its a 9" rear with discs and I got the suspension links and the panhard rod with the driveshaft for 200. Just need to find better gears for the rear - it comes with 4.625s and expects 31-33" tires - stock 1st gen are 26".

Good info, thank you. Probably be easier to get a locker installed on the later model, as well!

Only reason I wanted to go to hydraulic clutch? No need to adjust...and I'm lazy. Great for building things, I'm friggin terrible at general maintenance!

[pennyman1]

the 95 2nd gen rear is a locker. Any year Montero sport should be the same setup as far as I know.