Brake Booster delete

[Kris_84elky]

Here's a local race/chassis shop that sells a manual conversion kit. They have a lot of nice stuff they make for G-bodies. http://www.tntraceshop.com/1978-1988_G-body.html

 

[FE3X CLONE]

just in case you didn't think of this: With hydroboost, If your power steering belt happens to go out or she quits running, you lose both steering AND braking assist. It's really fun.

The hydroboost systems have a reserve canister that will give you 3-4 assisted stops if something like this happens. Not really any different than a vacuum assist system when the engine dies.

How often do you break a belt? I've only ever seen this happen once in my lifetime on the family's '78 Caprice station wagon.

 

[G-Body_Vet]

just in case you didn't think of this: With hydroboost, If your power steering belt happens to go out or she quits running, you lose both steering AND braking assist. It's really fun.

The hydroboost systems have a reserve canister that will give you 3-4 assisted stops if something like this happens. Not really any different than a vacuum assist system when the engine dies.

How often do you break a belt? I've only ever seen this happen once in my lifetime on the family's '78 Caprice station wagon.

Yep. The canister looking thing on the hydroboost is a hydraulic accumulator. As Andrew said, it's designed to maintain some reserve pressure.

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[GP403]

Yep. The canister looking thing on the hydroboost is a hydraulic accumulator. As Andrew said, it's designed to maintain some reserve pressure.

Huh. How about that. I don't have one of those. :? Must have been a later addition.

 

[LSCustoms]

the main reason and only reason I want to do this, is for a major performance upgrade...(which I am not really letting out the bag yet

Hmm....that leads me to believe there's possibly a large hair dryer OR TWO involved 8)

I will neither confirm or deny... 8)

 

[LSCustoms]

this will be what is done to the el co, right after the rear end is complete, so update will be coming very shortly...

 

[LSCustoms]

 

[LSCustoms]

ive narrowed it down to a few different possibilities, but alot of places dont show how the product mounts to the firewall, looks like I may have to buy a kit and just try to get it to work, problem is, I would hate to just waste 300.

anyone think this would work, or know how it mounts,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Wilwood-Rev ... 2eb8fc1bea

I am not worried about space behind the dash, there iss no dash right now, I have to make it, so I can make it around the brake set up

final choice would have to be to get a good master cylinder (one that will work well without a booster).... I need to figure this out or make a choice asap, cause its holding me back from cleaning my firewall...

 

[LSCustoms]

http://www.chasebays.com/product/univer ... r-cylinder

 

[LSCustoms]

junkyard manual brake setup...

http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/g-body- ... 67017.html