Me either! No power here! I run 82-83 Concord discs and manual master. I don't care much for vague or touchy power brakes. Some are nice and modern cars I drive are fine, I do not feel the need to muck about and mess up something I am happy with! Tha Ambassador will get stock booster and I'll work from that point, It's bit of a different animal than the American. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II " I realize that death is inevitable. I just don't want to be around when it happens! " -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker) > " From: Larry Goltry <lgoltry@xxxxxxxxxxx> > " > " > " > " My 69 Rambler has manual drum brakes. I'm wondering. What would happen > " if I put on a power brake booster and master cylinder from 68 Javelin > " that had front disc brakes? > > you'd have an unbalanced brake system. for one, disk brakes don't > need residual pressure valves but drums do. this would make your > front brakes 'lazy' and less responsive. now if you put the javelin > [or just about any other amc] disks on also... > > i drove '66-8 americans for 25 years and never felt the lack of power > brakes. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list