Vacuum Reservoir ?
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Melting Slicks
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Vacuum Reservoir ?
How is a vaccum reservoir/cannister "plumbed" into the existing vacuum system? Will I come off the manifold into the reservoir and from there go to the brake booster? Do I tee off the brake booster or the reservoir to run the rest of the vacuum stuff or just grab another vacuum port from the carb/manifold?
Purchased the add-on cannister because the cam is a little too big for the brakes..need some RPM them to get a good peddle pressure....
Purchased the add-on cannister because the cam is a little too big for the brakes..need some RPM them to get a good peddle pressure....
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by Hvymtlc5
How is a vaccum reservoir/cannister "plumbed" into the existing vacuum system? Will I come off the manifold into the reservoir and from there go to the brake booster? Do I tee off the brake booster or the reservoir to run the rest of the vacuum stuff or just grab another vacuum port from the carb/manifold?
Purchased the add-on cannister because the cam is a little too big for the brakes..need some RPM them to get a good peddle pressure....
Purchased the add-on cannister because the cam is a little too big for the brakes..need some RPM them to get a good peddle pressure....
if its just another large cannister and your idea is to create a large "resevoir" of vacuum then i would have the brake booster and headlight cannister run from that and i would have that plumbed directly to the manifold with a check valve and i would be inclined to have check valves on everything....not sure this will work though....it seems like if you have a vacuum problem you will need an electric vacuum pump to fix this...My concern would be lots of acceleration and braking could leave you with an empty vacuum reservoir and no brakes
Last edited by bobs77vet; Mar 15, 2005 at 04:19 PM.
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Ummm?
I thought those canisters by themselves really didn't do anything to improve the break problem. after all, it's all coming from the sam place. Do they make a canister with and electric vacuum pump? That would seem better. If they do can you drop me a link to it, as I could use one for my car ! 
