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Old 07-06-2012, 02:44 PM
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So here's a quick breakdown.... About a year ago I replaced all my hard brake lines and installed stainless hoses... I brought the car into a stealership to get the lines bled and they informed me my booster was goin bad... The peddle has been getting very stiff and it takes a long distance to stop so today I went ahead and replaced the booster..:. No change in the braking after wards.... I have a larger cam so I put I'm a canister some years back... Any ideas on what else could be causing this... It always had poor braking but not like this...only change in the equation was new lines both hard and soft... A line lock and the brake bleed.... It's a lt1 btw if that matters
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How big of a cam?
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not super big or anything its a 236/242
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You still might have issues with vacuum with that size cam. Maybe someone else will chime in. May need a hydroboost setup
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It's been a while on repost but brakes are good now... Got rid of the vacuum canister and went with an electic pump and got rid of using engine vacuum.:.. It very loud system but my car stops like stock now for once so it's a sacrafise I'm willing to take



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