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05-30-2013, 01:28 AM
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Registered 1971 K5
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: SO.CEN.CAL
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Brake booster/Master cylinder ideas request
Looking for ideas on brake booster and master cylinder. What options are out their to compliment a smooth firewall. I like polished and chrome but im also kicking around the idea of a 90* under dash kit. Anyone know if an 8" booster will fit under the dash? Post pictures of what you have.
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05-30-2013, 04:00 AM
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Location: Mission Viejo, CA
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Re: Brake booster/Master cylinder ideas request
i dont know but I just put a new MC/booster on. Its already rusting and is only a week old. Plus with all the bleeding and messing with it theres no way any paint would still be there.
So not sure what Im going to do when I really clean up the engine compartment. Maybe a chrome one will stay nicer. or powdercoating. |
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05-30-2013, 04:33 AM
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Re: Brake booster/Master cylinder ideas request
I had a dual diaphram stainless steel booster on my 67 Chevelle. Mine was 8" but they are avaialble in 7". They run about $120 on eBay...
Check out CaptainFabs low profile booster mount... Bolt on deal if you left the factory mounting holes... it just doesnt fit factory column shift without some modification to shift linkage... The under dash 90* mount would be cool but more work.. there's not much space under there and it would be hard to fill the the brake fluid reservior... |
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05-30-2013, 04:53 AM
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Re: Brake booster/Master cylinder ideas request
I'll be using a Scott's Hotrods underfloor pedal assembly with hydroboost master. The idea of high pressure, hot, liquid that will eat the paint off your truck and melt your carpet inside the cab above your feet is less than appealing to me, and how many times have you checked the brake fluid level and some fluid splashed out, now do this while under it and fill it with a mirror.
I will either be running a remote reservoir or will have a trap door in the floor, still looking at my options, but either way it'll be easy. Do remember though if you go this route you need residual pressure check valves in your brake lines because you are putting your master cylinder at about the same altitude as your calipers. I'm doing this because I'm going to be doing ITBs on a DOHC straight 6 and where the master cylinder is is right where my #6 stack will be. |
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05-30-2013, 11:30 AM
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Registered 1971 K5
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Re: Brake booster/Master cylinder ideas request
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05-30-2013, 11:31 AM
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05-31-2013, 12:30 PM
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Registered 1971 K5
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Re: Brake booster/Master cylinder ideas request
Anyone? C' mon Show off your Booster and Masters. Theirs got to be some nice ones out.
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05-31-2013, 04:22 PM
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Re: Brake booster/Master cylinder ideas request
Under dash or under floor is a great idea to hide one.If you do this glue a mirror above it and use a large syringe with a piece of tubing to fill.
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05-31-2013, 06:57 PM
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05-31-2013, 08:05 PM
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Re: Brake booster/Master cylinder ideas request
When i talked to Kugal Komponents about running hydroboost on an underdash, they basically said, hey, you can do what ever you want, we make the parts, but hydros are noisey and higher pressure than I'd be comfortable with over your feet. So under the floor goes mine. I personally don't like the mirror syringe idea, and I'm not doing it to really hide it as much as to solve a real estate conflict, I'm leaning towards remoting a late model OEM style plastic reservoir, I'll already have a coolant bottle and a washer bottle anyway and they are easy to visually read. Scotts actually has a AN tapped billet lid for a Corvette type iron master, adding a plastic bottle remote in addition to the 'vette master would probably double the fluid capacity, I would think that would be a good thing.
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