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These Units Will Ensure Adequate Stopping Power for Your Street Rod
When building a street rod, we deem many areas of the car important. For example, the majority of street rodders like to have the best paint job around, so that becomes an area of concentrated focus. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in particular aspects of the car that we forget about other areas that are equally as important, even if they aren’t as visible.
Typically, when we spend our cubic dollars—and this amount varies from person to person—we will spend the majority of our funds on the motor, paint and interior. However, we sometimes don’t allow enough funding for important areas like the brake system. When it comes to building a street rod, two things should always be treated to the highest quality work, namely the steering and stopping. Without those two things, driving a street rod isn’t much fun.
Nothing is more terrifying than cruising down the street to the fairgrounds when some idiot pulls out in front of you and you have to jump on the binders. Making a panic stop can be difficult when you are trying to stop 800 throbbing horsepower with a set of 9-inch rotors and single-piston calipers. You might even wonder if it will stop as you mash the brake pedal. When it comes to street rods with big motors, one braking concern is vacuum pressure. Is there enough? Many high-performance camshafts add power to the motor but produce low vacuum levels. This is something to consider when selecting your engine components. Of course, if the motor fails, you will have no vacuum, so stopping will be a real problem.
There are, however, some power brake alternatives that address the vacuum problem. These newly developed units for street rod applications work off of hydraulic pressure from your power steering pump and bolt directly to power brake assemblies from manufacturers using the common 7-or 8-inch booster. Power steering is not required, but the pump must be hooked to the engine for hydraulic pressure. Once installed, you will not have any worries about low vacuum levels.
These units come pre-assembled with pushrods, rod ends, adapter plates, 6 AN fitting adapters and the other necessary mounting hardware. Each booster has a built-in accumulator to provide one-time power brakes upon engine failure. These boosters are new rather than rebuilt and are for use with GM master cylinders and any power steering pump.
