Brake booster

[pedro]

Spent most of today stuffing around with the bracket and booster trying to get it far enough back to give me clearance, there's no way it's going to fit though, is there a slightly smaller booster that will do the same job that I can use




                   Pedro

[CraigA]

What about putting it under the guard?

[EffCee]

Pedro,

There is another member on the forum that is running a Datsun 200B master cylinder and booster. From memory these are about 7" in diameter. These may be worth a look at.

Alternatively use a bracket and booster that extends the booster away from the hinge.

Keith

[pedro]

Unfortunately the booster has to be mounted to the firewall as the brake pushrod goes into it, It's not like a remote VH40 type, I don't know if the Datsun one would have the same power being for a four cylinder Keith as I'm running the Commodore brakes, I'm curious as to what people are running with the V6 conversions.
           Pedro

[FATBOY]

My vn brake booster that i  just done on the wagon bolts straight up to the firewall minor cutting and welding of firewall.Drill a 54mm hole shorten pushrod and your done
regards fatboy

[pedro]

Thanks FATBOY, that was what I was thinking if there wasn't another booster I could use, I cut the bracket down as far as I could today without drilling a bigger hole and I only need to get it back another 30mm or so to clear the inlet manifold, looks like I'm off to buy a bigger hole saw tomorrow, It would probably be cheaper than another booster anyway.
                    Pedro

[FCRB26]

Oh Mr pedro

Datsum 200B booster must be 200 not 180B  commodore master bolts straight to it old pal
all the hot rodders use em and my FC runs it.

Too easy

[FCV08]

Pedro

I will watch your progress on this one as I was just starting to look at my options.

I currently have a VN Booster but was looking at a VB-VH version as well.

Looking at FCHoon's option as well as it fits in quite well.

Would need to consider the capacity of the Dato as I am fitting a 304 Inj.

Good Luck

Craig

[pedro]

Thanks for the input everbody, would the Datsun one have enough grunt for the Commodore brakes Pete, I'll check on the availability of them but I think the cheaper option at the moment is the hole saw
                         Pedro

[FCRB26]

I run 4 wheel commodore brakes VN rear VL rotors and callipers

I have seen on this forum i think a white FC  van running VE front brakes and Discs on the rear as well.
They are double diaphram whatever that means but mine stops pretty good.

Bigger is always better but isnt it??

[pedro]

Bigger is always better but isnt it??

No worries Pete, for some reason I thought you were running HR brakes, with my budget though it's not so much "bigger is better" as "cheaper is better"
              Pedro