Hot Rods Hydraulic over hydraulic brakes. Has anyone done this?

Greybeards don't have as much leg travel as they used to!

 

Well if we are going to count customers cars, I probably had over a hundred failures over the yrs., never kept count, and yes I occasionally misspell a word, or see one that is not spelled right. If it gets the point across, I don't usually try to give them a lesson .

 

yeah... na, Our Valiants had a single M/C on the RHS firewall and thats it for most , some had a remote booster (VH40 or VH44? disc brake only models I think) on the left inner guard as per the drawing of Nitrobrother above. The remote booster is the sensible way to hide the booster. splitting the brakes to go dual (safe type) , OR fit a under dash booster/MC. Whatever way dont mess with brakes, dont try and reinvent the wheel. Any brake system will fail if its not maintained correctly, correctly maintained the dual circuit brake system is the way to go.

 

Well, if you are going to have the audacity to question the veracity and integrity of my work, be prepared to have every aspect of yours challenged.

 

Up here in the snow/ice/salt belt, I'm planning on using the Copper/nickel (cunifer) lines to stop the corrosion failures. Other that corrosion, I've only had one brake failure, that was a master that the former owner put "God know what in for fluid. The pressure cup had turned to goo.
Just because I can cut down the corrosion issue doesn't mean that I won't do my best to have a redundant braking system.

 

I have had a couple of "parts store" re-manufactured units do that, with regular old DOT 3.

Not sure what they used for "rubber".

 

This is the system that many English cars used in the late 60's early seventies before the power booster was mounted on the firewall with the master cylinder and it becoming an integral part of the braking system. Lockheed VH40 and Vh44 were the two part numbers that come to mind for this type of aspplication

 

Audacity has nothing to do with it, I know nothing about your ability or other qualities. I responded to your words in the first post, and it is sure worded like that was your personal experiences on your vehicles over long yrs. of doing your own work. That was what I responded to, and it sounded like too many failures, hence my comment. You got defensive and changed the narrative, I don't believe in personal attacks on the forums, doesn't gain anyone anything. I am at fault for even responding to your first reply. Sorry if I hurt your feelings, I won't take this any farther.

 

Would a hydro-boost power steering pump driven setup work here? apologies if it was already mentioned.

 

Technically yes, and they take up a lot less space in the booster area, but they add a pump an hoses, if you aren't already running power steering.

Hydroboost systems can produce about 50% more ***ist than a vacuum system, so they are excellent for heavier vehicles.

 

On my truck my intention is to remote mount the hydro boost. Where I want to do it, the plumbing will not be difficult to hide from view as well as protect from damage.


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As long as you use good quality hoses, you should be good-to-go. Just take care in routing, as you will have a lot more hose area exposed to damage.