if you can supply a vacuum to power the booster, this would also require a
change to the brake plumbing as the pressure is now 1500 instead of 750 (or
whatever it is normally)...should be doable, thought about it myself, but
haven't found a good vacuum unit in the yard yet to try.
--- nikolai jaremka <njaremka@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> first, brake servos are those big round booster things that you
> see in every car but our spits, and they were an option on the
> GT6 (option or standard?). victoria british sells an after
> market servo kit for single line braking systems. it is a
> remote mount, and looks pretty simple to install. however, it
> is alomost $300. if you could find a good used one for less, it
> might be worth it to try. all they do is reduce the amount of
> pedal pressure is required to apply a certain amount of brakeing
> force.
>
>
> --- Jjcousins@ra.rockwell.com wrote:
> >
> > Spitters:
> >
> > Has anyone ever tried to apply power brakes to a Spitfire?
> >
> > Could this be a really simple thing to add to a spitfire if
> > you could fit one of
> > those big round booster things found in every car but
> > Spitfires? Are those
> > simply mechanical in operation?
> >
> > Stupid question coming...what are brake servos?
> >
> >
> > -Thanks,
> >
> > John
> > 77' Spit
> >
> >
> >
>
> ===
> nikolai jaremka
> 72 spitfire mkIV
> east aurora, new york
>
>
>
===
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