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Old 05-15-2008, 06:04 AM   #1 (permalink)
Scott GN231
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Question Best manual brake setup?

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.
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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