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looking for smaller or thinner brake booster for my ae86

Postby frost » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:13 pm

any one know of a brake booster that is much thinner then the ae86's big balloon sized one? or even if its smaller in diameter. has anyone used one from another car that will fit. i just got some sexy velocity stacks the other day, they are 110mm long and don't really want to cut them down. but may have to if i cant find a smaller or thinner booster. any help would be great thanks
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Postby neo » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:15 pm

Another idea, run a remote booster, as found in mini's (and old rovers?)

Much nicer =)
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Postby thaphatty » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:32 pm

Any chance you can mill the flanges on an angle a bit to bend them onwards and upwards out of the way?
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Postby big_boy » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:36 pm

not sure if you will have room in your car but in a EE90 you can run the booster on the inside of the car ?

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Postby thaphatty » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:40 pm

get an ae85 one you dont care about and gently molester with BFG hammer?

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Postby frost » Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:54 pm

neo; I'm not too sure how a remote booster will work in my car but I'll do some research and see what i can find.

thaphatty; yea i was thinking something like that, but instead of milling the stacks flange i was thinking of milling the manifold between the quads and head to point the whole throttle body unit upwards that will also give better flow into the port as well(bonus) but thats way too much work just to fit stacks, maybe in the future.

I'm running a ae85 booster now and its only a bit smaller in diameter

big_boy; I'll check it out but from memory theres isn't a lot of room i don't think

I'm like the idea of trying to find a thinner booster then a small one i think
I'm also liking the hammer idea haha
I'll get some pics of the velocity stacks up to show everyone why i don't like the idea of cutting them. they look so damn good everyone i show them to want to steal them when im not looking :(
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Postby gepsk8 » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:53 pm

ke70 caugh caugh!!!!
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Postby frost » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:59 pm

gepsk8; ke70 really are they just smaller or thinner?
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Postby Jebus » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:12 am

How about this, get hard and dont use one. Try it you might like it, unless youre a girl pants.
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Postby RedMist » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:24 am

I have two electric brake boosters here. Both identical, both from US based cars. Was going to use them for a sump excavation system, however projects change.
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Postby frost » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:31 pm

Jebus
yea tried it, didn't really like it that much. maybe because i didn't have the right master to brake ratio right but still didn't really like the feel of the brakes. wont lock up :( when i want them to. like driving a mini again hahaha

redmist you have pm.

the pic does not do them justice.
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Postby Volodkovich » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:02 pm

I vote get rid of it, and buy a gym membership :)
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Postby frost » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:22 pm

its not that its too hard for me to push down on the brake pedal with out booster. in fact i think my left leg is well up to the task, (i do muay Thai kick boxing) just don't like to feel of the brakes. i'm going to have a walk around the local second hand Toyota car dealer and see what cars have a thin booster.

also if any one is interested in buying some velocity stacks, ill be ordering more in some time next week. almost any size is available from pea shooter to t88 turbo bell mouth sized even bigger if you need. velocity stacks are about $40 each + $20 post/insurance.
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Postby johntramp » Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:19 pm

did you get a booster in the end? I am trying to use a ke30 one which is smaller but it seems like the 4 studs which mount to the brake bracket are too short.
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Postby frost » Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:49 pm

yea ae70/ke70 GT booster is the way.
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Postby johntramp » Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:56 pm

and you didn't have any problems fitting it?
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Postby jondee86 » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:08 pm

And yeah... any chance of a pic of the finished install ??
I'm sure there are a few people who have come up against
the same problem, and would like to see how it finished up :)

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Postby Logan » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:23 pm

tip 1. use factory blacktop trumpets.
tip 2. use a vh44 remote booster for a hillman hunter etc or walk into safe R brakes and buy a brand new one for 125 which is cheaper than re-kitting a old slogged out one.

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Postby johntramp » Sun Jun 10, 2007 7:16 pm

Logan wrote:tip 1. use factory blacktop trumpets.
tip 2. use a vh44 remote booster for a hillman hunter etc or walk into safe R brakes and buy a brand new one for 125 which is cheaper than re-kitting a old slogged out one.

end.

:)

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no and no :p


Here is a photo of what I have at the moment but i cant bolt the booster in :(
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Postby Logan » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:34 pm

whats the length of a factory trumpet?

Whats wrong with a remote booster?
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