Brake woes

[silver69camaro]

When I originally installed the brakes I ran just the MC with no booster. the brakes worked but the peddle feel is not that great. I don't understand why some like running manual brakes. I would suggest the comparison is not like a manual vs auto trans but a 3 speed vs overdrive. Why drive old technology when new technology is readily available? The stopping distance and effort is greatly reduced which translates into a safer car. Plus (not that she will drive much but) my girl didn't like the manual feel either.

Manual brakes should have somewhat high effort (figure 50-75lbs of foot force) but is rediculously stiff if too large of a master is used, which appears to be in your case.

Drive a car at its limit and perform threshold braking with a manual system, then you'll understand. Definetely not old technology, and stopping distance is NOT reduced with power brakes.