Wilwood Pedal Assembly

[6t9 337]

Has anyone tried to use the brake/clutch assembly on a 1st gen F-body (Wilwood 340-6916)? If so, any comments?

[silver69camaro]

Yep. Works great.

[parsonsj]

Matt,

Got any pics available? I'd like to see how you routed the steering column, and what the relative positions of steering wheel, throttle pedal, and brake pedal are.

jp

[Damn True]

Do you have any photos of the install in a 1st Gen? Did you have to space it away from the firewall to get the pedal height matched to the gas for heel/toe?

[Payton King]

but I have a Tilton remote assembly that I am about to put up for sale for those who cannot get the pedal box to work.

If you can get the Tilton or Wilwood (they look the same) to work, it will make your life much easier.

How do I know? Here is my custom deal using stock pedals

[silver69camaro]

I'll have to take some photos, I don't have any here. I can say the steering column is a tight fit between the brake and clutch pedal, but it works out pretty nice...very comfortable.

True, I had to make a custom throttle pedal is get the linkage ratio correct to obtain proper pedal heights. Also, the brake and clutch have a fair amount of adjustment as well. It actually didn't take all that long, and was well worth the effort. In my install, I removed the bulky steering column support used other means to support the pedal assembly. Using this setup, I probably saved 10lbs or so.

[parsonsj]

I used the Tilton remote pedal setup too. Mostly because I couldn't figure out how to use the Wilwood dual pedal setup and get the correct geometry all sorted out. That's why I wanted to see how Matt solved those packaging problems... I always want to learn about alternative/better solutions. :)

The other thing I learned was that OEMs put the brake pedal directly under the steering column, and I was wondering how "necessary" that was from a HF (human factors) perspective.

jp

[35spline]

I gave up trying to get the Wilwood pedal assembly to fit in my 68 Camaro and took another approach that worked for me.
https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48160

I would like to see some pics posted of a Wilwood install if anybody has them.

[Damn True]

Very cool. I cant tell though how the pedals are affixed to the OE bracket. Did you retain the original pivot and attach your brake/clutch contrivance fwd of that?

[35spline]

The pedals on my bracket use the original pivot hole.
One thing to remember is that I was forced down this path due to my turbo downpipe. If you just want a dual manual master brake setup I would look in to the CNC brake MC. http://www.cncbrakes.com/images/240.jpg It bolts in place of the original MC. You could still add a clutch pedal for a manual trans and even run the mechanical linkage.

[Randy67]

Thanks for the link 35spline. It didn't come up (some error) but here is the link for what I believe you were talking about (if it works) http://www.cncbrakes.com/sra.asp?grp=sra&subgrp=d&series=240&subseries=
That is pretty cool, bolt-on dual master cylinders. I just might be doing this to my car.

[Damn True]

Tony Huntimer has an interesting dual master conversion in his Camaro book as well.

[35spline]

Randy67
CNC actually has a dual master with a Chevy bolt pattern but it is not listed on their web page. I called them and got the info first hand. I am not sure if the sell direct but there is a good spread on price between their distributors. If you get the part number from them you call around. Fortes and Funrunner come to mind. I saw the Speedway might carry some CNC stuff as well.

[Randy67]

Thanks for the info. It will be a while before I do this, don't have the green to do anything now.