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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 06:38 PM
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I completed the hydro boost conversion today and i love it already my stopping time has been reduced i have more space under the hood also i put in a small tranny cooler to help keep the ps fluid cool it is at most luke warm also flushed the gear box I would like to thank everyone who helped with this info i need especially dave S whos picture of his hydroboost helped when i couldnt figure out why the metal line wasnt fitting correctly it was over bent by the factory so i hooked it up and bent it back. Thanks !!!!
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 06:54 PM
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Do she stop I will never forget The first auto and power brake car I ever drove. I took off pretty quick and mashed the clutch and tried to shift the three on the tree, it didn't damage the car but my little sister was standing in the front seat and met the windshield quick.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 07:00 PM
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Ohh btw i was tighting the p/s belt i the wrench slipped off the bolt my head hit the ac compressor hard!!! owch
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 07:14 PM
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Now just remember, if you really come down on the brakes hard and fast, you may split a brake line.

I had someone pull out in front of me a while back, split a new metal brake line open with almost a foot long hole.

I was driving slow, and was stopped before it blew.
Less that 4" from the car when I got out and looked.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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alright will keep that in mind!!!
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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Chinese tubing???
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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Oddly my hoses are made in usa!!!
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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nice going Rodney.
on a scale of 1-10 (1 easiest/10 hardest)
how would you rate this mod's difficulty?
 
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Old Mar 6, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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3 cause the hardest part was drilling out the holes for the master cylinder while the brake lines were attached
 
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Old Mar 6, 2010 | 05:16 PM
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What hydroboost did you use?

The 97 F Superduty booster was a bolt on swap for me.
And I used my 86 master cylinder.
 
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Old Mar 6, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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i used a 94 fsuperduty hydroboost
 
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Old Mar 6, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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That is funny.

I was all bummed out thinking I was going to have to pull my master cylinder so I could enlongate the holes, and it slid right on.

Needless to say, I was happy.
 
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could the holes on the steel mc be wider apart than the aluminum ones
 
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