Totally unnecessary. 'T' into the PVC line with a (overpriced) $.99 plastic T, and run the vac hose from there behind the coil pack to the booster. The vac comes from the same place.... $45 vac block to move the connection source 2"????? Whatever..... Now that would be a sweet deal!It will save you more if you go to a shop that doesn't rip you off. The first time I did the conversion it took about 45 minutes to an hour start to finish. I took my time, drank beer, checked everything. Now, I'm fairly handy around a car, but any shop should be handy as well. By my math that means the shop is charging you $300 an hour. In my book that's a rip off and I would look for a new shop. Since you insist on buying parts new I won't tackle that cost issue. I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing. If you do go to this shop think of this. When it's done you won't have to buy anymore Powermaster parts. If anything fails it'll only cost $20-$50 to fix instead of hundreds, and you'd be able to get the parts no matter where you're at. Speaking of where you're at, where are you at? Maybe there's someone close that would assist you with the swap and you could meet some TB guys andsave money.
It will save you more if you go to a shop that doesn't rip you off. The first time I did the conversion it took about 45 minutes to an hour start to finish. I took my time, drank beer, checked everything. Now, I'm fairly handy around a car, but any shop should be handy as well. By my math that means the shop is charging you $300 an hour. In my book that's a rip off and I would look for a new shop. Since you insist on buying parts new I won't tackle that cost issue. I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing. If you do go to this shop think of this. When it's done you won't have to buy anymore Powermaster parts. If anything fails it'll only cost $20-$50 to fix instead of hundreds, and you'd be able to get the parts no matter where you're at. Speaking of where you're at, where are you at? Maybe there's someone close that would assist you with the swap and you could meet some TB guys andsave money.
Well said....I don't see where you guys are coming up with 45-60 minutes for the install. I pull these out of the boneyards all of the time so I could probably do the swap blindfolded with one hand tied behind my back and I'd say this is at least a 3 hour job from start to finish on a first time install. Don't forget you have to bleed the brake system. Heck it takes me at least 15 minutes just to pull the vacuum set up from a donor car. And I have some tricks and special tools. If booster swaps become an Olympic event I've got the gold wrapped up anyway.
I don't see where you guys are coming up with 45-60 minutes for the install. I pull these out of the boneyards all of the time so I could probably do the swap blindfolded with one hand tied behind my back and I'd say this is at least a 3 hour job from start to finish on a first time install. Don't forget you have to bleed the brake system. Heck it takes me at least 15 minutes just to pull the vacuum set up from a donor car. And I have some tricks and special tools. If booster swaps become an Olympic event I've got the gold wrapped up anyway.
