build diary

March 26, 2005: The brake masters have now been swapped.
For the life of me, I can't remember why I figured I needed staggered sizes front to rear. I stuck with the stagger and dropped both the front and rear masters by 1/8", to 7/8" and 3/4". There's definitely a lot more travel in the brake pedal now but ANY travel would been more than the old setup. It should theoretically be easier to modulate and to develop maximum braking now. We'll see, I haven't driven it yet. I also added a small heel brace to help position my foot under braking.

The fender stays are fixed, brakes are bled, a quick nut and bolt check (all good except one small fuel drip), an oil change from the running-in oil (yuk, black) and I dropped the car by one turn of the perches all the way around. Since I haven't done anything yet to increase the roll stiffness, I figured I'd lower the CG a touch.

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