brake booster

[Packy]

do I need one? I broke mine in an accident and was looking to get another, they are $650 dollars . I'm sure I could get one used but seriously, WTF? Can I just go with a larger master cylinder. I have not really looked into this so any thoughts would be helpful.

-P

[GaryR]

I have a complete assembly (body, MC, booster, reservoir) that I was thinking of selling off a 78 SC but after I saw the replacement costs I figured it can't hurt to keep it. I won't sell it parted either way.

[Packy]

Well, that doesn't help any.

[cgarr]

You can run it as is for now without the booster hooked up, just takes a bit more leg then add the booster when you find one. We have been running a long time without the boost hooked up.

[Packy]

awesome, that is the response I was looking for. Thanks cgarr.

[cgarr]

Here is the setup after we added the electric vacuum pump to the booster. It does help a lot but we are getting old too. You young guys should not have any problems. We had to use the electric pump because we are running carbs and cannot get enough vacuum to operate the booster.