manual brakes?

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manual brakes?

Post by burner563 » Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:29 am

Has anyone made the switch to boosterless brakes? I've seen that wilwood do a manual master cylinder that gets rid of that big round eyesore in the engine bay.
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Re: manual brakes?

Post by bhm1712 » Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:21 pm

I've never heard of anybody doing away with the brake booster personally.

Although it's a large object and slightly ugly under the hood, I prefer to know that the booster is there for the added braking assistance, but I guess the wilwood unit has a different maser cylinder size to give more braking pressure for less effort than a standard master cylinder setup without a booster.

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Re: manual brakes?

Post by burner563 » Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:16 pm

Challenge accepted! I've seen some camaros have this set up over the pond. You are right about the different master size though. It'll need full braided lines too. I'd rather cadence brake than look at that God awful booster with its curly pipes!
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