Master Cylinder for disc brakes (1 Viewer)

[hpatino]

Hi Mudders, I am in the process of adding disc brakes, front and rear, to my '70 FJ40. I will need a new master cylinder and split my brake lines. I need to run a non booster Master Cylinder because of space considerations. I don't want cut the firewall brace. I expect to need a proportioning valve to balance the rear brakes. My question is, can anyone give me recommendations on alternative Master Cylinders? It could even be non-Land Cruiser or Toyota. I need it to get the job done. Thanks!

 

[Tancruiser]

I used a big bore non abs from an 80 series on mine and it works great I think marlin crawlers has them. You will have to use an adapter to go from a 3 hole to a 4 hole.

 

[Daschel]

I used a Cardone 132711 with a Wilwood Proportioning valve, and uploaded a video showing how I ended up installing it yesterday.

 

[pjohnson]

Maybe the FAQs would be a good place to start:

FAQ - 40-series FAQ

Welcome the the frequently asked questions about the Fj40 and Fj45. As Fj55's share a fair amount of components, there may be some links to posts involving 55 series. The FAQ will be locked, but the topics that are linked to will still be open, so if new info comes up, or someone has a...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[bikersmurf]

X2 on 80 series booster.
Although I’d use a spacer and an 80 series booster as well.

I’ve got an 80 series booster & master... it works awesome. The brakes are very powerful and work with minimal pressure. Powerful... almost too powerful

 

[hpatino]

Thanks everyone for your input. These sound like great ideas. I've been trying to do my due diligence and research this... but there are sooo many threads to read through!

 

[1911]

I used a big bore non abs from an 80 series on mine and it works great I think marlin crawlers has them. You will have to use an adapter to go from a 3 hole to a 4 hole.

Cruiser Outfitters and City Racer LLC have them also.

Cruiser Outfitters

Brake

 

[rockymtn]

I'm doing the same swap on my 70 right now, I went with the Wilwood master cylinder kit from Man-A-Free

Have yet to plumb anything so I cannot speak to the performance, but everything looks quality and should for the most part should bolt right on and was intended to work without a booster

Man-A-Fre Disk/Disk Master