Northidahotrailblazer
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2012
- Messages
- 414
- Reaction score
- 466
- Points
- 63
- Location
- Northern Idaho
- Vehicle Year
- 1992
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- Solid Axle Swap 4x4
- Total Lift
- 8 inches
- Tire Size
- 37"
So I ordered a hydro boost setup from Sweeting Performance. The guy told me up front it would be 10-12 weeks. Which was long, but I get it. 6 weeks later and on one of my other FB groups a guy was complaining of waiting 6 plus months and not getting any yet and they wont respond or anything. Well that got me thinking, I did email and try to call them a couple weeks ago to see if I could get fittings added to my order and I never did hear back from them. So i dont know if thats a bad sign or what. But they have reviews online from the past year that are not good. Idk I want to run hydro boost on my ranger, so If I wait for it thats not a big deal to me as long as I get it. But on my diesel B2. Being that I got my crawl box and I'm not that far off with it I really need something on it since I'm not running vacuum at all and I was going to do hydro boost on it. But I really don't want to only waiting on it for well another 6 weeks. That got me thinking about manual brakes. There is a company that makes an adaptor kit and it sounds like it wouldn't take that long to get.
I just keep coming back to my grandfathers 60s international dump truck that was flat scary to drive with its manual brakes. but i get it, apples to oranges really. Would manual brakes be ok, with 35-37s? There are a few people on here that in pass threads have said there not bad. Just has me thinking It might not be bad to try and see how it is. I really like the idea of deleting an other system. Deleting they hydro boost part would give me a lot more room, and get rid of the need for more lines and the issue if my power steering pump is enough.
Any one heard of MALIBU DAVE'S manualbrakes.com? I sent them an email to see about there lead times but It looks like they have good reviews.
I just keep coming back to my grandfathers 60s international dump truck that was flat scary to drive with its manual brakes. but i get it, apples to oranges really. Would manual brakes be ok, with 35-37s? There are a few people on here that in pass threads have said there not bad. Just has me thinking It might not be bad to try and see how it is. I really like the idea of deleting an other system. Deleting they hydro boost part would give me a lot more room, and get rid of the need for more lines and the issue if my power steering pump is enough.
Any one heard of MALIBU DAVE'S manualbrakes.com? I sent them an email to see about there lead times but It looks like they have good reviews.