Brake question

[Maritime Drag Racing]

87 Ranger V8 swapped drag race only. Had to add a vacuum canister to work the power brakes since my camshaft makes very little vacuum. Problem is that just added weight I now want to get rid of. I need to swap out the power brakes for manual and I need to know how it's done properly. Do I use the same master cylinder? What about the push rod? Is there another hole on the pedal I need to swap to? Need to get rid of these things and their associated hoses.....

 

[don4331]

I would go with this...

Ford Ranger

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[lil_Blue_Ford]

What about doing a hydro boost swap?

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

What about doing a hydro boost swap?

That would be adding weight - I want manual brakes because I'm trying to get rid of the power booster and the vacuum canister.

 

[Curious Hound]

Just use the light, cloth parachute. Get rid of ALL the brake system components.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

That would be adding weight - I want manual brakes because I'm trying to get rid of the power booster and the vacuum canister.

Oh, that’s right, you’ve probably already deleted the power steering, I was about to say not really adding weight since it would replace the booster and the vacuum canister with the hydroboost unit and a couple power steering lines…

My thought was that I read something recently that there’s a certain year range hydroboost donor that almost bolts in, so my original comment was geared towards simplicity and eliminating the vacuum canister.

On that note, maybe I should try finding that information again, maybe someone makes a manual brake setup that bolts into whatever donor truck you’d use for hydroboost… if that makes sense

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Looks like the Hydroboost that was claimed to be a bolt in swap was from an 88-96 F-series truck, so if you can find a manual brake setup for that vintage, it may just bolt in…