BE3 Wilwood Clutch Slave Cylinder Modification

[LucasDunkley 0]

Hi all, new to this forum thing.

 

I know this quite a specific question, but has anyone had any experience fitting a hydraulic clutch slave (wilwood pull type preferably) to a BE3 gearbox?

 

Any photos, dimensions and or advice would be much appreciated. 

 

Thanks

[petert 577]

Do you mean remotely? Or direct acting? I would like to make one direct acting.

[welshpug 1,644]

I've seen one on an MA gearbox in a grasstrack car, not a BE but would not be too different to make work

[LucasDunkley 0]

1 hour ago, petert said:

Do you mean remotely? Or direct acting? I would like to make one direct acting.

I’m planning that the slave will be directly actuating on the clutch arm. If people are interested I can post some pictures once I’ve got it working . Not saying it will be the best solution but I’ve bought the car with these parts so might as well make them work!

 

[petert 577]

I meant like this.

https://malwoodauto.com.au/product/alloy-t56-tr-6060-concentric-slave-cylinder-with-billet-alloy-piston-remote-bleeder/

 

And what are you doing at the clutch pedal/master cylinder?

[LucasDunkley 0]

40 minutes ago, petert said:

I meant like this.

https://malwoodauto.com.au/product/alloy-t56-tr-6060-concentric-slave-cylinder-with-billet-alloy-piston-remote-bleeder/

 

And what are you doing at the clutch pedal/master cylinder?

Apologies Peter,

 

The slave cylinder will be external, hopefully in a similar position to where the clutch cable runs.

 

For clutch pedal and master, the car has a Tilton pedal box.

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

The only thing I can really add is that if you use a slave cylinder directly on the standard release arm I think you will end up with a pedal that is very light, and possibly you won't have enough throw. Stuff with a hydraulic clutch typically has a really short lever at the slave cyl end.

 

Maybe worth a look at the 206 GTI setup, as I think they use a related BE gearbox with a hyd clutch arrangement.

 

[petert 577]

This is the BE4R parts from the 206 GTi, and possibly others. Is it possible to adapt that slave cylinder and arm to a BE3 box?

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

 

 

Some previous discussion here

 

Also a lot of the BE casings do have the mounting lugs at the front which would allow the 206 type slave to bolt on. Then use the BE1 style release fork.

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

From Google, but you get the idea.

[LucasDunkley 0]

6 hours ago, Tom Fenton said:

From Google, but you get the idea.

 

9 hours ago, petert said:

This is the BE4R parts from the 206 GTi, and possibly others. Is it possible to adapt that slave cylinder and arm to a BE3 box?

Thanks both for the insights.

 

I’ve already got the Wilwood pull type slave with the car so I am determined to make it work.

 

If I come to conclusion that it’s not reasonably practicable, I’ll probably opt for a solution similar to the ones you’ve suggested.

[SRDT 169]

Like I said on the other thread using a pull type 215mm clutch you could have the slave cylinder sitting on top of the gearbox to push the fork arm.

[LucasDunkley 0]

32 minutes ago, SRDT said:

Like I said on the other thread using a pull type 215mm clutch you could have the slave cylinder sitting on top of the gearbox to push the fork arm.

Thanks, have you got a link to this thread??

[SRDT 169]

Tom poster a link above but there isn't much more to read about this idea.

The pull type clutch has the fork working in the opposite direction so you can use a regular slave cylinder instead of a special pull type one.