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Re: Brake booster upgrade [message #218547 is a reply to message #218526] |
Fri, 16 August 2013 07:01 |
Joe Weir
Messages: 769 Registered: February 2013 Location: Columbia, SC
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Don't know about that one, but I got the one from GMC Coop for about the same price, and now my otherwise stock brakes will put you through the windshield if you are not belted in.
76 Birchaven - "Wicked Mistress" - New engine, trans, alum radiator, brakes, Sully airbags, fuel lines, seats, adult beverage center... those Coachmen guys were really thinking about us second hand owners by including that beverage center...
Columbia, SC.
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Re: [GMCnet] Brake booster upgrade [message #218554 is a reply to message #218547] |
Fri, 16 August 2013 08:02 |
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USAussie
Messages: 15912 Registered: July 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Joe,
I would be surprised if you got a unit that looked like that from JimB. AFAIK he sells a sensitized vacuum booster that "feels" like
it will put you through the windshield, however, it does not increase the pressure in the hydraulic side of the brake system. The
fact that it takes MUCH less foot pressure makes you "feel" like it will put you through the windshield.
That's exactly how I described the improvement in braking after I installed one.
BTW those of you that decide to order a sensitized booster from either of the Jim's tell them that you want two (2) check valves in
it. That way you can run one line to a remote vacuum pump and/or tank and the second directly to the intake manifold.
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Weir
Don't know about that one, but I got the one from GMC Coop for about the same price, and now my otherwise stock brakes will put you
through the windshield if you are not belted in.
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Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
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