poor brake vacuum
#1
poor brake vacuum
other then trying a vacuum canister which mounting space in my car is limited or an expensive vacuum pump....any other ideas on getting more vacuum to brakes after a cam upgrade........do canisters help much on this???
#2
I'm running a fairly large cam (231/240 @ 0.5/144lsa .558 lift) and an ATI-D1 blower pulley 7.6-->3.4" (97SS - 383) Performance is great. But panic stoping brakes went away. Manifold vac shows 3" @ idle, and, max of 13" on the road with throttle valve closed. Still not enough. So, I looked @ what I could do. You can replace the Vac booster with a hyd acc. unit power from the PS pump (A Summit $480.00 value less plumbing). Or, a SSBC electric vac pump (Summit $280.00 less plumbling). I went with the SSBC Vac unit. Installing now. I will not change cam or re-pulley for less flow/ boost (whats the point of that???). SSBC claims that 16" Vac is the minimum for decent breaking. From my road tests, I'm inclined to agree with them.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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