Leave Corvette style power master or switch to manual Wilwood?

[Erik Beckett]

I am in the process of installing 4 wheel disc brakes on my 68 camaro. I bought a complete kit from Prodigy. It includes a corvette style master cylinder to bolt up to my power brake booster. Should I keep this setup or go ahead and switch over to the Wilwood master and just run manual brakes? I had 4 wheel manual disc on my last car and it still stopped great.

My fear is that someday, I will build a bigger, badder motor and I know my vacumm wont be to high. Should I just deal with it now?



Also, the kit I purchased said it came with rear flex lines, but I am not getting them. Frank suggests I just run new hard lines into the calipers.
Suggestions on that as well.

Thanks, Erik

[Payton King]

I personally would leave the power brakes and cross the low vacumm motor when it becomes a problem.

I like having rear flex lines because I can change pads, service rotors, etc without having to take the lines loose and re-bleed the system.

[96t/acj]

this might be one of the most asked questions on the board as of late. Im also at the same point.

I like the idea of the cleaner engine bay without the booster, but not at the cost of daily driving comfort. Whats your plans for the camaro?

[Erik Beckett]

My plans are just a fun show car, potential to drag it some. Probably never auto-cross here in central Ohio.
I just like to looks of a good pro-touring car. Eventually do a big block or radical smallblock. The car is lowered
and has 18" wheels already and the paint is great.

Thanks, Erik

[1969rs]

I personally would leave the power brakes and cross the low vacumm motor when it becomes a problem.

I like having rear flex lines because I can change pads, service rotors, etc without having to take the lines loose and re-bleed the system.

I agree with this idea! I think the power brakes are going to be much better for a driver. Nice car by the way!

[Apogee]

If you have the vacuum to do it, you may as well go power since it sounds like you already have the booster and master cylinder cylinder to do so. As for the rear calipers, definitely use flex hoses, otherwise it can make simple maintenance that much more difficult since you'll need to bleed the rear brakes any time you pull the calipers to do something.

Tobin
KORE3

[Skip Fix]

The factory 79-81 TA rear discs used only hard lines but had a "loop" to take off the caliper without undoing the line. But it was a pain and you worried about breaking the line. I added some flex line in the new similar rear claipers I'm using on a race car.