Anyone use a vacuum pump for their brakes???
11-24-2005, 10:51 PM
#1
Anyone use a vacuum pump for their brakes??? I posted in here because I figure the majority of you guys in here would know. I no longer have a LS1 in my car. I am going with a SBC motor, and want to try and keep the power brakes. Can I just use a vacuum pump, or would I just be better off going with the Billingsley manual brake kit?
11-25-2005, 05:12 PM
#4
Originally Posted by slow3hoe2
why go through all that? just go manual and be DONE
problem is that you need the brakes at idle...which a vacuum pump isnt pulling that much vac at idle. if you pulley it so it does...then its spinning the pump too fast at higher rpms.
problem is that you need the brakes at idle...which a vacuum pump isnt pulling that much vac at idle. if you pulley it so it does...then its spinning the pump too fast at higher rpms.
Ok, thanks Ken. I would spend less money on the manual brake kit than I would on a vacuum pump.
11-25-2005, 05:15 PM
#5
Originally Posted by imslow
WHAT!? you're getting rid of the ls1? got any buyers for it?
PMed you back
I have a few people interested. It is almost complete, with the TSP cam and Comp valvetrain, minus injectors, rails, and induction. I am in the process of building a SBC motor with a local shop here by me called Dominant Motorsports. They are not a sponsor, but they should be soon. I am gonna stick to bracket racing and have the car certified for NHRA.
11-25-2005, 09:20 PM
#6
i also will be goin with the manual booster, ever since i put them 4 piston caliper strange brakes on the car i can almost never get the line lock to hold the car, i have to rev the pis out the car and smash the **** out the pedal and hit the linelock and sometimes it holds, im tired of this crap, half the time car gets sideways from the front tires rolling and not holding. i hope the manual booster fixes it
