Who can tell me something about using hydraulic ***isted brakes instead of vacuum ***isted brakes? I put disc on the front of may Ranchero and converted the car to Power brakes using a kit. They ****. With our going into too much detail about why they ****, tell me how the hydraulic ***isted work. Thanks Beep
If your thinking hydro boost off the power steering, do a search here. Or just google it. Not very traditional, the little unit on my bird started life on an Olds diesel. Real light touch, think 60's Chrysler products. I only did it for clearance problems, not my first choice. Maybe newer units are better.
Brian,,check out Chev Pickups around 1980,,We had an old chev PU that was so equipped ...probably find the info you need online.... I missed the last geezer reunion,,,Did you make it?? I understand that Bill Cosby is haveing severe health issues.. Don Ross should know if you don't already, Bob Wolcott
What year Ranchero? If it's '60-on, you will need to measure carefully, as you will be into the shock tower in short order. The shock tower can be dimpled to within 1/4" of the spring. My Falcon is currently set up like that. I don't like my vacuum booster, either, and there is no room for bigger. I am working on an engine swap, and in the process, the vacuum booster will go. A hydraulic one will go in its place, although my install strategy will not work for you, if you are running a V8.
I have installed these on a number of diesel conversions, and road-race cars that need excessive braking force. There is a pressure line from the power steering pump that goes to the booster. It hops from there, to the power steering box/shuttle valve. There are two return lines. One from the steering and one from the booster. There are numerous applications where the vehicle does not have a power steering gear box, just the booster. On those, the pressure p*** through from the booster to what would be the steering setup, is plugged. I have a buddy with an ex-SWAT team van that runs like this.
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