67 chevy shortbed resurection

[michaelnolimit]

Just wanted to give you guys a little update. the customer was very pleased with his truck after he recieved it. He drove it around for about two weeks and brought it back concerned with the brake pedal travel. He said it stops fine but the pedal travels about 10 inches. He said is there any way we can stiffen up the pedal and make it travel a little less. So i told him i would take a look at and see what we could do. After a little research i found that the pedal ratio was about 8-1 wich is perfect for manual brakes. Unfortunatly we have upgraded to power brakes. with power brakes were looking for a ration of about 6-1. So I made this little adapter that bolts to the booster input shaft and drops it down about 1.5 inches. I had to take the pedal out so that i could drill a new hole to bolt my adapter to. put the pedal back in. bolt up the adapter to the booster and then conect it to the pedal as i have done in the pic. The brake pedal feels way better. It travels about half as less and has more pedal feel. The customer came down test drove the vehicle and was on his mary way. So if you guys out there with a power brake kit are experiencing the same soft pedal here is a quick and easy fix. Happy cruising.