<VV> Vacuum brake booster

[Frank DuVal]

Booster not needed.

Larry Claypool has said to have installed one, but probably "just to do 
it" not as a necessity, as he has repaired thousands of Corvairs w/o 
boosters.

Doran should be able to lock up the brakes on Garland's coupe with no 
trouble.  Or is that the problem, lockup is easy, soft braking is not?

The brakes should not be THAT much different feeling than vacuum boosted 
brakes. I didn't drive Garland's coupe last year when I bought his 
Spyder, so I don't know if maybe these need a little work to act 
correctly. Have another Corvair driver drive it and see if there is 
something that needs attention. I have seen the pistons stick in the 
wheel cylinders and that will make the pedal very hard.

The only difference I know is when I started driving on full sized 
Chevys w/o power brakes, one placed the whole foot on the brake pedal, 
whereas with power brakes, I rest the heel of the foot on the floorboard 
(and make a divot in the carpet :-( ) and just press the brake pedal 
with the toe of the foot. Have Doran use his whole foot, not just the toe.

Frank DuVal

Edelstein and Payne wrote:

>Folks,
>
>     The blue hot rod that my son Doran and I are building is taking longer than anticipated (heard that story before?), so this weekend I picked up a wonderful 65  500 series powerglide coupe from Garland Ray up in Virginia.  Doran will drive the car to high school starting the end of next month, and continue using it until the blue hot rod is done.  However, he is having real problems getting used to the unassisted brakes (I could do a rap about how spoiled and soft todays kids are, but it's not worth the effort).  So I'm thinking of installing a vacuum booster  ---  probably not on Garland's car, but on the blue car that will be Doran's permanent ride.
>
>     So what has been folks experience with vacuum boosters?  Do they work well  (we're staying with drum brakes)?  How much trouble are  they to install?  Where do you grab vacuum from at the motor (it's a 140 with a moderate cam)?  And how do your run a line from the motor up to the trunk?
>
>     Thanks for your help.
>
>                    Travis Payne     65 Monza coupe
>                    Raleigh, NC      65 500 coupe
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