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65driver
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From: Syracuse, NY
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posted 04-02-2005 11:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 65driver   Click Here to Email 65driver     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'll have between 14 and 18 inches of vacuum with the new 331 I have. Will that be enough for power brakes? I am going to convert to disc, and have heard that manual disc are hard to stop. I'd like to run a booster. Any thoughts?

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Poes Fords
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From: Medford, OR USA
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posted 04-03-2005 12:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Poes Fords     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hello, I have manual granada discs on my 64 falcon. It stops great, but I also just converted from drum brakes. So my great my be different than your great. Jason

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DidgeyTrucker
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posted 04-03-2005 06:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DidgeyTrucker   Click Here to Email DidgeyTrucker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yeah, 14 - 18 inches of vacuum will work.

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