My powermaster is on the way out and I've decided to swap to manual brakes for safety and simplicity's sake.
Mach.80 has a great post
here on his approach that uses a Wildwood manual master (Willwood 260-9439) and a G-body adapter from
Drag Race Brakes. His total cost was $340 shipped and:
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This modification worked great! The brake has a terriffic feel, not artifficial. The pedel is not too hard like I feared. My 105lb. wife drove the car and had absolutly no problem. Pedel travel is great. A perfect ballance of travel, feel, and pressure.
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Are there other good aftermarket manual brake solutions I should consider? Drawbacks to the Wildwood setup I might not be aware of?
For simplicity's sake I'm not inclined to do a junkyard swap from another GM car.
Thanks for any and all feedback,
Scott
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1987 Buick Grand National
10.22@130.9mph
(1.47 60') on
E85 Mods: Bronsonian ported iron heads with stock valves, 70GTQ, Comp Cams 214/214 roller, Cotton's FMIC, 95# injectors, Aeromotive A1000, FAST XFI tuned by Dale Cherry, Cotton's 3.5" downpipe, 44mm Tial gate, ATR 2.5" exhaust, 9.5" Vigilante, Eaton posi, Moser 28 spline axles.