poor vacuum to booster
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poor vacuum to booster
I bought a 72 Cutlass (350), The motor is rebuilt with roller rockers and for sure not a stock cam. I have poor vacuum to my brake booster, about 9-10 pounds. I've seen in this forum that happens with larger cams. My brakes are not the best ,Not dangerous bad but could be better. Just wondering if there is something I could do to get more vacuum to the booster or maybe a different booster would help. Thanks Barb.
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How is your distributor set up? I ask because when I installed a larger cam in my engine the vacuum was ~10-12º, bounced around a lot, and the brakes didn't work as well as they did before. I was able to increase the idle vacuum to a steady 16" by modifying the distributor so the initial advance increased from from 12º to 20º, and then there's ~10º vacuum advance on top of that. The brakes now function as well as they did previously and the engine runs a lot smoother. Disconnecting the vacuum advance causes a lumpier idle and the brakes start getting touchy.
Last edited by Fun71; November 5th, 2013 at 05:03 PM.
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