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Originally Posted by tmoble
no free lunch here either. anything you do to increase the leverage will also reduce the stroke at the M/C. a little of that you can compensate with a larger diameter M/C, but there goes your leverage again.
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Yes,I am pretty much agreeing with this now.I was thinking that a vacuum booster or hydraulic booster was a great idea in the engine compartment because of the convenience of having a source a few inches away anyway,therefore making a creative source of mechanical advantage bulky and unnecessary,but unless you are willing to have a foot of pedal throw,I can't really see how to make enough force to the master to operate the brakes in an HD truck.
Torchlight,I am liking your booster/master/linkage mastery.
I would be running hydroboost,vacuum boost wouldn't be enough for my purposes.
Kim57's master placement is also something I could see working for my purposes,inside or outside of frame rail.I would consider a bellcrank in there to try to have most of that linkage in a "pull" configuration.