Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions
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@Rusty-Vandura said in Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions:
I think these are just the people I needed. Not only that, I think they're finding it interesting, which is always good. Thank you.
Sweet! I could really use the 1,000,000 internet points today!
I hope it works out, I have little recollection of dealing with the company, but it sounds good so far, and my stuff worked out perfectly.
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I put Chevy 1 ton brakes on my Dodge truck, you should have plenty of options with a Chevy.
52' Dodge M37, 71' Datsun 240Z, 83' Mercedes 300D, 11' Acura TSX wagon
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@functionoverfashion said in Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions:
@Rusty-Vandura said in Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions:
I think these are just the people I needed. Not only that, I think they're finding it interesting, which is always good. Thank you.
Sweet! I could really use the 1,000,000 internet points today!
I hope it works out, I have little recollection of dealing with the company, but it sounds good so far, and my stuff worked out perfectly.
No joy, as it happens. No clearance. No way it'll fit. Not even close.
It's going to have to be hydroboost.
The Van of Theseus
The entropy of my garage is always increasing.
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@415s30 said in Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions:
I put Chevy 1 ton brakes on my Dodge truck, you should have plenty of options with a Chevy.
There's no room under the hood, between the firewall and the core support.
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@Rusty-Vandura said in Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions:
@functionoverfashion said in Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions:
@Rusty-Vandura said in Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions:
I think these are just the people I needed. Not only that, I think they're finding it interesting, which is always good. Thank you.
Sweet! I could really use the 1,000,000 internet points today!
I hope it works out, I have little recollection of dealing with the company, but it sounds good so far, and my stuff worked out perfectly.
No joy, as it happens. No clearance. No way it'll fit. Not even close.
It's going to have to be hydroboost.
ahhhhh bummer dude...
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The Van of Theseus
The entropy of my garage is always increasing.
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@Rusty-Vandura Looks promising from here! Easy for me to say.
Keep us posted!
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@Rusty-Vandura Something to consider is that the '81 apparently has front disk brakes. Your's has drums right?
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If you want to avoid hyrdoboost, try to mock up how big a booster will fit. 6” and 7” dual diaphragms are pretty popular for underfloor mounting on hotrods. There are 8” GM boosters (‘vettes) as well. IMO you’ll want a dual diaphragm for disc/disc or disc/drum combos. You might look around a bit on hotrod forums. I’d be really surprised if the vette setup doesn’t fit there but vans can be tough in that regard.
Most of these setups are a couple hundred bucks at most but you’ll likely need a new reservoir and quite likely new lines at the reservoir, so a bit more cost there. There used(?) to be some good reservoir calculators online to match the bore sizes to the brake piston sizes too. SSBC and PST disc conversion sites might have some useful parts/info as well. Summit also sells LEED kits (no experience with them at all) but possible may have something there as well.
That said hydroboost is fine if not finicky for initial setup since you’d need to mess with belt routing or swap the crank pulley for more pulleys and fab some brackets for the pump unless you do the electric style setup.
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@RacinBob Hey Bob, mine came with disc brakes in front and has a sticker that boasts of it:
The Van of Theseus
The entropy of my garage is always increasing.
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@RacinBob said in Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions:
@Rusty-Vandura Something to consider is that the '81 apparently has front disk brakes. Your's has drums right?
Can you use the old master with the new booster?Of course, there was only 15 psi in the Ford's tires...
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@Rusty-Vandura Well then, I think you have a solution!
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@RacinBob said in Brakes Upgrade: Looking for Suggestions:
@Rusty-Vandura Well then, I think you have a solution!
I am hopeful. I ordered the booster and the master cylinder.
