dlove

iTrader: (23)

on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is it to drive around with a good manual brake setup?

1 being hardest and 10 being stock power brakes

and just for comparison I would think that stock power brakes without any vacuum would be like a 1, correct?

3.4camaro

iTrader: (1)

What the hell is wrong with your car in your sig????

dlove

iTrader: (23)

it's the "FWD" button on the stock radio

sroach20

iTrader: (31)

just unhook your brake booster, it will be like having manual brakes.

Jon5212

iTrader: (2)

gotta love photoshop! And +1 why would you want manual brakes?

dlove

iTrader: (23)

That's the question. Other than the less weight and better looks in that corner, how much different is it and is it really worth it?

edit: blah who needs photoshop, mspaint for the win

coolformula

iTrader: (21)

Well its not just like unplugging your brake booster, brakes before was meant not to have power. and then when you take the power away from power brakes I think its hard, not in the design.

Jon5212

iTrader: (2)

I think you'd be better off reducing weight in other areas... only reason i can see removing power booster/brakes is if your engine cannot make enough vacuum to run it.

sroach20

iTrader: (31)

you could always completely remove your brakes and throw a boat anchor out the window when you want to stop! or you could cut a hole in the floorboard and do it the flintstones way.

dlove

iTrader: (23)

yeah I understand this but i would like to know why guys run manual brakes?

thats the question, not if i should or not like some people are replying to

Black02SLPSS

iTrader: (5)

Hell i wouldnt do it. Have you ever driven a car that had manual brakes from the factory? I drove a 69 mustang that had manual brakes and hell a couple of times i didnt think i was going to be able to get the car to stop, seemed like the best braking procedure i could come up with at the time was to pump them in order to get the car to stop decently. So i would just keep them, trust me power brakes are 100000x better than manual ones are. Just my .02 tho.

Jon5212

iTrader: (2)

I have no clue why someone would want manual brakes. I personally have never talked to/seen someone running manual brakes.

IFRYRCE

iTrader: (3)

Yeah, manuals brakes suck. One of our drag cars has them, and you race for a quarter mile, then slow down for another quarter .

zlover129

iTrader: (10)

If your looking to clean up the looks then just get rid of your abs unit, abs is a much more feasable item to delete rather then the power brakes all together. I've been driving mine without abs for a good year now and have no desire to go back.

FiredUpZ28

Just like power steering, its easier to drive a car that has manual steering than a car that has power steering that just ***** out. If its designed with power brakes, I wouldn't even attempt to drive without the power assist, you'd be putting yourself and others in danger. There are manual brake conversions if Im not mistaken, but I can't see spending that much money to save a few cubic inches of space and less than 5 lbs (brake booster).

HioSSilver

iTrader: (8)

There is nothing wrong with manuel brakes if the master cylinder is sized correctly. Done right a person could prefer the manuels. Power brakes are mostly just a comfort feature.

Tapout911

iTrader: (9)

I have both manual brakes and steering. I wouldnt do it any other way. The brakes were done with a billingsley kit, comes with a strange master cylinder and a adapter plate. I had to make new lines since they come out the opposite side and I did the abs delete at the same time. Heres a few pics:

2002_Z28_Six_Speed

iTrader: (19)

Looks good. When are you converting to all four drums. Is it possible you can PM me a link for this the master cylinder kit?

Tapout911

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PM sent.

2002_Z28_Six_Speed

iTrader: (19)

Oh sweet. Did you have to modify the length of the rod attached to the brake pedal or does the billet adapter take care of that? This could help clean up my engine bay making it super easy to pull the master cylinder which I have done two times. My first car was manual brakes anyways. Stopped pretty decent. You could lock up all four wheels even with big old Rally wheels and tyres!