Manual brake conversion kits?
I plan on converting my car over to manual brakes (power brakes never really worked right) and I've looked on a few sites at different kits to do it dose anyone on here have a specific one that works best? If there any specs on the car that should be taken into consideration before buying lmk thanks in advance guys.Ryan
Ryan, SALES AT SKINNY KID RACE CARS.Urdone4 racing
Why did power brakes never work right?.
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its a 79 with all origanal master cylinder, booster and calipers everything was old and worn. that plus the cam i ran vacum wasnt the greatest at idle.
Ryan, SALES AT SKINNY KID RACE CARS.
aye i don't know your set up but does your car have a brake booster run off manifold vacuum? If so what was your manifold vacuum at idle at ?
ahh posted this before your statement above, Yep on my old charger had this problem had to buy a SSBC Electric Vacuum Pump Kit 28146
The car is in project mode it I'm going to a completely new setup it was a stock bore 302 with a cam and a 4 speed manual trans now it's a 347 with victor jr. Heads really big cam and a c4 trans. I used to run a vacuum canister that helped a little bit but still wasn't great. From what I've read manual brakes are the way to go with what I plan on doing with the car.
Ryan, SALES AT SKINNY KID RACE CARS.
Measure your pedal ratio. A lot of times factory power brake setups use a weak ratio, because the booster makes up the effort. Use this as a guide to measure your ratio.
http://www.wilwood.com/TechTip/TechPedalTip.aspx
I called them with some questions I had, very helpful in master cylinder selection. I didn't know what size bore to get, that makes a big difference on pedal feel.
Last edited by DRAG-ULA; 01-17-2012 at 05:44 PM.
I used to be 'with it'. Then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm 'with' isn't 'it', and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me.......
1948 Dodge B1 pickup
Mine was from Skinny kid. You have to drill the pedal to remount shaft geometry. Real easy instructions included. I believe it was a Strange MC.
Check out Maximum Motorsports site: http://www.maximummotorsports.com/store/
Lots of good info there. They have a manual conversion kit too.
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