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Originally Posted by Mr Anonymous
Hydroboost? I wouldnt recommend it. Not only is the pedal feel really bad, your "assist" can be affected by something as dumb as the PS belt tension. I've also panic stopped a hydroboosted GMC crew cab that was pulling an open trailer with a car on it. I dont ever want to be in that situation again. EVER. An evasive maneuver combining heavy steering effort and heavy braking effort is a bad deal.
Not a fan of vacuum cans, for the same reasons as already mentioned.
I have more than one car with manual brakes, and one of them is a disc/drum street car. With the right combination of parts, the pedal feel and feedback is hard to beat in my opinion.
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To play devil's advocate here, the brake sizing on those mid 90's chevy light and medium duty trucks/suv's was piss poor. Hyrdoboost isn't necessarily the issue as much as the fact that GM put brake rotors and calipers on those vehicles that were originally on late 60's to early 70's cars that weighed 1500-2000 lbs less and weren't towing trailers.
Hydroboost is one part of the brake system, it can't make up for extremely undersized brakes with sheer line pressure.