Bronchole
Bronco Guru
Been a while since I have been on here. I am helping a friend improve his brake system on his 67 Bronco and wanted to know what the current "best" hydroboost and master cylinder setup is to achieve the best braking he can get. I recommended that he stick with the 11x2.25" drum brakes on the rear mainly because I have never been impressed with any of the disc conversions. We are replacing the wheel cylinders with some new 15/16" diameter ones and putting new shoes on. In the front I have him going with the Thunderbird calipers. Replacing all the hoses and lines. Looks like adapting a saganaw pump on to his engine should be pretty easy, just need to find one with the dual returns on it somewhere.
He already has a bracket that kicks his current vacuum boost and master off at a 45° angle. I figured I would make some sort of adapting plate to mount a Astro van hydroboost unit. If I go that way, what master cylinder should I use? I have seen the couple threads talking about adjusting the length of the push rod to correctly engage the master. I think I can handle that pretty easily.
I have seen the kits now available from all the Bronco vendors, but wow that looks like quite a bit of markup. I am a cheap bastard and can't see spending $1k+ on the hydroboost and master.
He already has a bracket that kicks his current vacuum boost and master off at a 45° angle. I figured I would make some sort of adapting plate to mount a Astro van hydroboost unit. If I go that way, what master cylinder should I use? I have seen the couple threads talking about adjusting the length of the push rod to correctly engage the master. I think I can handle that pretty easily.
I have seen the kits now available from all the Bronco vendors, but wow that looks like quite a bit of markup. I am a cheap bastard and can't see spending $1k+ on the hydroboost and master.