McMichael High School EV Conversion: Hood slammer...

Last night Mr. Butler successfully retrieved the needed brackets and clips for us to install the new stainless steel brake lines on the front. After installing the brake line braces and attaching the fittings, Mike and I put the new pads on the calipers and bolted the calipers to the mounting brackets. From there we proceeded to put the master cylinder back on the firewall. A new mount was put in place of where the booster once sat. This new mount is to hold the master cylinder on the wall so that the new pedal can push the piston to apply pressure on the lines. After completing the brakes, Mike and I decided to place the hood back onto the car so that we would no longer have to take it on and off of the car every time we were to work on it. After a few minor adjustments, we had the hood in perfect working order. It was a great addition to the car and gave a new idea to how the car will look when it is finished.

This is a pic of the new brake pads mounted in the left front caliper.

The freshly turned front brake rotors.

Putting on the left front caliper.

Since we upgraded brakes and brake lines, it was confusing on where to exactly run the new lines. We finally decided to use the existing mounts just to be sure that there was no rubbing.

The four-cylinder brake line mounts wouldn't house the larger lines. To resolve the issue, Mr. Butler brought us a beefier set of mounts off of the 5.0 at his house. Notice the teal color.