Vortz airbox in left hand car

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Vortz airbox in left hand car

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Is anyone here, who has fitted a Vortz air box for twin HS4s in a Mini with the steering on the left side ?

I tried to fit mine, but it touches the master brake cylinder.

Maybe I can get some infos to solve this problem.

If not, I will have to sell the box.
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almondgreen wrote:Is anyone here, who has fitted a Vortz air box for twin HS4s in a Mini with the steering on the left side ?

I tried to fit mine, but it touches the master brake cylinder.

Maybe I can get some infos to solve this problem.

If not, I will have to sell the box to rich.

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In some Europeans LHD countries, most of MKII minis were fitted with a "special" brake master cylinder :

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They were 5/8 bore and flat, instead of the round one. It can probably help you.

It was intended to be fitted on early Jags MKII -- > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Original ... 0689369048
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alexdenevers wrote:
I've got one for spare, will try to take some better pics.. No idea for wich car they were intended.
me and andreas had a conversation about this yesterday, I couldn't remember what they came from either
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Rich, I've edit my post, they were fitted on Jags MKI and early MKII.. ;)
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And they're a bit expensive indeed..
http://www.mytonautomotive.com/product_ ... ke=&model=
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and they are a clutch master not a brake!

but yea, they aint cheap
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Yes, clutch.. But they were working well on minis as a brake unit.
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I maybe able to help with the master cylinder, think I have two or three nos
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You might get away with just rotating the reservoir on the cylinder. They are only soldered on so its easy enough to heat them up and rotate them.

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fitted one of these cylinders to allow a rampipe onto the carb when the shorrock blower is mounted, seems like they have all sorts of applications
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Thanks for the answers, but the box is built that there is no space for a cylinder on the left side anyway.
The only way for my would be to fit a later (88on) type of brake servo.
But this is not the way I want to go.
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why not using some parts of the late linkage to activate std master fitted on right hand side?
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