breakthelawinaz

actually its not an F-bod but for my other car an X-bod, my 70 nova SS 396/375 4 speed. since those two cars are close to the came thing i thought id ask it here cause theres no X body forums around and im a member here. i have the factory power brakes and the master cylinder is no good and the booster is just too big it almost hits my valve covers i had to get to clear my roller rockers, and i was wondering if anyone swapped theirs for another vehicle model that is more compact? i beleive hot rod features a X or F body that had a mopar booster and master cylinder that was much more compact. thanks!

*eric*

breakthelawinaz

WTF? does anyone know?

*eric*

angel71rs

The booster used in this article might work for you:

http://www.classicperform.com/tech_a...rakes-tech.htm

breakthelawinaz

my only problem is i dont have disc rear brakes... would the master cylinder and brake booster off of my 86 Z parts car work? i just want something that bolts up im so tired of working on this car, i just want it to be done... its been apart for 8 years and is now a 650 horse beast and im not even going to try and fire it till its ready to roll... so someone help me....

*eric*

XcYZ

Buy one of these, booster problem solved.

http://www.hydroboost.com

breakthelawinaz

id i had the cash i would....

*eric*

Red 69

When I swapped the front drums on my car I pulled the brakes off a 70 nova. I have the same problem with the booster being too big. I had to use different valve covers because I didn't want to or have the $$$ to buy a new smaller booster to fit with my old valve covers (Edelbrock Aluminum).

I'll look into one of the ones suggested here now that I have a little stashed away.

Thanks

breakthelawinaz

i CANT run smaller valve covers, my rockers barely clear the valve covers right now... i was thinking, i have a thirdgen parts car and would the booster off that work its alot smaler in diameter and i just want to know if i pound the studs out of the booster will the holes alogn for my X-body?

kacy

ive heard of people using newer camaro and s10 booster...the only problem with using a newer model m/c is that the use metric threads

Red 69

What kind of rockers are you using, my buddy has a 70 nova and he is using the same sized valve covers I am. We are both using the comp cams full roller rockers.

Is this a big block issue? Cause I am running a 400 sbc.

breakthelawinaz

its a big block thing, my friend has the same problem, so he took the roller rockers off and ran standard valve covers... ill figure it out... im going to try a few things and hopefully it will work..

*eric*