Manual brakes just as good?
 

I've got manual brakes on my truck right now (disk/drum) and one of the guys at work said that for our old trucks the ones with manual brakes stop just as well as the ones with power brakes. Has anyone driven both and knows the difference? I've only driven mine so I don't know how power brakes feels on our trucks. I'm redoing the brakes in a couple weeks, so they should be up to spec by then and I was kinda thinking of putting power brakes on there, but if there's no real difference, I'll just save my money.

As long as you have a real strong leg :) Power booster would just make life easier. You can get one for about $50, why not make life easier ;)

The specs are the same for the brakes, they'll grab just as hard and dissipate just as much heat, because they're the same brakes. Its' just that the booster makes it require less leg power to operate them.

Where can I find them for only $50? Junk yard? What else do I need for the conversion and what cars/trucks can I pull the stuff from?

daburb has a couple for sale on the board. I think they were $50?