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Originally Posted by duramaxguy
Hi all
I am putting a disc brake Dana 44 front under my 70 K20, replacing the original drum brake axle. I'm looking for advice of what brake booster to upgrade to that includes a proportioning valve to support the disc brakes.
Is there an aftermarket booster I should be looking at, or get one from a donor truck?
Thanks
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Why does your booster need to be upgraded? If you already have power brakes, all you have to do is swap in the axle, pull the RPV out of the front reservoir. See how it stops. It will stop fine! Prop and booster won't give you anymore stopping power. The big issues will be front and rear bias and the small reservoir as it will lower as the disc pads wear. I never felt I got enough of a bump in stopping power when I moved from drum to disc. But my main goal was to move off the open knuckle/drum axle to a D60. I, later, installed a hydroboost off the same 86 diesel I got the axle. The hydro gave a significant and noticeable improvement in stopping power.
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