1937-1957 Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac suspension upgrade
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*The project in this tutorial used a Corvette 1" ID master cylinder, and a 7" single stage booster. This combination turned out to be "close enough". The brakes are a vast improvement over manual drums, but not perfect. Stopping power is great, until about the last 20% of pedal travel, as several test panic stops revealed. At the very bottom, you just can’t push hard enough to lock them up. The system probably needs a 9 or 10 inch booster to be perfect. There simply isn't enough power in a 7 inch booster to lock up a set of 215/75x15 tires on a 3500 pound car, on dry pavement. | *The project in this tutorial used a Corvette 1" ID master cylinder, and a 7" single stage booster. This combination turned out to be "close enough". The brakes are a vast improvement over manual drums, but not perfect. Stopping power is great, until about the last 20% of pedal travel, as several test panic stops revealed. At the very bottom, you just can’t push hard enough to lock them up. The system probably needs a 9 or 10 inch booster to be perfect. There simply isn't enough power in a 7 inch booster to lock up a set of 215/75x15 tires on a 3500 pound car, on dry pavement. | ||
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Never really happy with the 7 inch booster. Moved some things under the hood to get more room and installed a 9 inch dual diaphragm booster from a mid 1990s Camaro. Now it stops like a new car. I'll never use a 7 inch booster again. | Never really happy with the 7 inch booster. Moved some things under the hood to get more room and installed a 9 inch dual diaphragm booster from a mid 1990s Camaro. Now it stops like a new car. I'll never use a 7 inch booster again. | ||
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