Power Brakes for the 914??????, Remote Power Booster Options

[Rog914]

Looking around the Hot Rod stuff on the web I ran a cross this Universal Remote Power Booster.

Universal Remote Power Booster

(scroll down to see pic of the unit)

Although the unit is pretty big it'll fit any where in the front trunk but, take up some space.

Not cheap @ $695.00 plus all the brake lines you have to modify and other bits and peices you need. But can you imagine having power brakes on your 914?

What do you think?

Ralph

74 2.0

[JWest]

It does not connect to the pedal, it boosts the hydraulic pressure in the line. These remote designs were used on a number of cars in the 60's. Jags used them, and the design sold for hotrods was made by Midland - I forget what car they came on. They were single circuit systems, hence the need for two units bolted together for front and rear.

IMHO, not needed, just like in most of the hot rods that use them.

I use to build hot rods with manual brakes (and properly sized master cylinders). Guys would wonder why the brakes felt so nice - it was because they were not overboosted and terribly oversensitive like many systems.

It's much easier to modulate brakes that are a little heavy than those are are way too light.