Hey guys. Getting started on my turbo ls build. I have an 85 gn. The car has the stock brakes now but the guy I got it from was going to put it to a manual brake car. I have the plate and parts to do the swap but not sure which way to go. Ive had some people say the manual breaks will be a pain to do and not as good as vacuum breaks. What do you guys think? This will be my first turbo car. Don't know which is the best route.
What type of brakes? Stock or manual??
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Go to the stickys in the suspension section and there's 1 that should help you with suspension mods as well as brake info. As far as the master cylinder, I'd go vacuum or hydroboost and forget the manual set up. It may stop the vehicle but since it's not a race car you don't need to be that light.
lol. After my best friend got a meth addiction. My last car got stollen. I kinda dipped out of all the car stuff for a bit. Not to many people I know are still into building cars. I read through that sticky. Dint see to much besides the s10 and camaro brake swaps. whats better? the vacuum or powermaster? would being vacuum, have any trouble with a turbow car? arent you pulling all the vacuum out at boost?
Lots of guys have converted to vacuum and my car came with hydroboost. If you look in the general setion you'll see the "how to's" at the top, and there's a good write up on the hydroboost set up, and if you do a search for vacuum brake converson there's a bunch of threads on the issues as well as success stories with a turbo engine. Remember that the powerbastard is crap for long life and the TTA's came with vacuum already on them.
Powerbastard is electric powered and it's 25+ years old now. The only one that sells rebuilt ones is Kirbans and they aint cheap. The other 2 options are mechanical based so they don't rely on anything other than the engine and the brakes will still work if the engine looses power. They may be hard but they will work. With a powerbastard if they fail you're screwed.
