booster/master cylinder conversion kit

[black-gn]

if i want to go the cheap way what do i need to get to make the conversion kit and what kind of car i need to look for in the junk yard? i'm looking in a poston catalog and looking at the conversion kit they have an the price is high for what you get and you can get it from the junk yard. do you need a check valve and vapor trap? where can i get the check valve and the vapor trap from? what is the part# for the check valve and what is a vapor trap? thank you for yall help

 

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[mechanical73]

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not sure what cost you got but you can buy all the parts new yourself from a local autoparts - just don't use pepboys - they suck.

I just did this myself and you'll need

1. used pedal from a g-body with vacuum brakes (81-87 cutlass, monte, non-turbo regal ) $ 20

2. new vacuum booster w/ check valve $ 100

3. new master cylinder $ 100

4. new vacuum booster filter $ 15

5. Turbo Trans Am vacuum block (JohnsPerformance.com) $ 40

so that brings the total to $ 275

or you could contact redregalT and he has a used kit he puts together for about half that - which after totaling this all up is what i should have done. I actually had a problem w/ the "new" booster I bought from pepboys so now i have to pull it off and take it back.


Even w/o the vacuum, the brakes are better than w/ the crap PM system it came w/. Good move.