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Originally Posted by 68c10airstream
I was a dealer mechanic for a long time and i will throw this out, think of the times your vehicle died on the road and after you pushed the pedal a few times and exhausted the booster, the pedal got rock hard and didn't stop well. Yes it was designed there but still a huge boost non the less. Also think of the surface area that the booster has multiplied by the vacuum forces and it adds up. As another idea to clean up the firewall, some truck if remembering correctly ran a 90 degree pedal assembly maybe under the dash, or a hydroboost under the dash. Fun stuff on a blank sheet. Good luck, Brian F.
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Thats funny, you really think an exhausted booster on a power brake system has the same pedal effort as a properly sized and installed manual brake system?
Manual brakes you would use a smaller master cylinder bore size (smaller bore=higher pressure right?) and a larger pedal ratio (again, larger pedal ratio=higher pressure)
So to make that comparison is just ridiculous.
I use a 24mm master which is slightly smaller than 1", Non power, 4 wheel disc and have for 13 years.
Stops excellent. Light pedal effort.
I wouldn't use a 1 1/8 master on manual unless you got pretty agressive on the pedal ratio. 6to1+
A lot easier to go smaller bore.
With your single piston calipers you should be fine.