Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

grnddwn · 02-19-2008, 02:57 AM

I thought I saw someone with pics of an underdash setup on here anyone know who that was?

gringoloco · 02-19-2008, 04:30 AM

Xxl

smashingchuck · 02-19-2008, 07:21 AM

Here is some mock up pics of the one I am currently working on. I just couldn't get the linkage to work and still keep the booster, so I ditched it for a stepped bore master cylinder for a 86 two wheel drive with manual disk brakes.

I didn't know someone else had done this before, I would have loved to see some other ideas other than my own.

Slmd92DIME · 02-19-2008, 07:55 AM

http://www.kugelkomponents.com/produ...akesystem.html

jlaird · 02-19-2008, 08:31 AM

stupid question but how do you service the brake fluid?

Slmd92DIME · 02-19-2008, 09:27 AM

I am pretty sure that krugel has a remote reservoir. Mount it where its easy to get to and fill it up from there. I may be mistaken though.

smashingchuck · 02-19-2008, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlaird

stupid question but how do you service the brake fluid?

Take the dash apart.

the kugel kit is all fine and dandy, but has no provisions for mounting the steering column like the factory bracket does. plus I have a mechanical clutch, so I would have had to convert that over as well. Also, I have about $80 into my set up... not the hundreds you'd have into the kugel kit.

Slmd92DIME · 02-19-2008, 12:08 PM

Just a option. I am sreiously considering building my own kit for under the dash with the booster. Just like the krugel.

camaro__thunder · 02-20-2008, 03:23 AM

I have the Kugel underdash setup also.

blazntn · 02-20-2008, 09:33 PM

How difficult was the kugel to install. also, are you running a booster under the dash!

smashingchuck · 02-20-2008, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blazntn

are you running a booster under the dash!

although I am not running a booster, it is physically possible to fit it under the dash - it just requires more engineering in the linkage to make that part of it work.

Slmd92DIME · 02-20-2008, 11:25 PM

I will be runnin a booster. From what I have heard the kugel kit you just mount it up and run your lines to it.

Camaro- Could you get some pic sof the kit before you put it in your truck? If not some with it in your truck? Thanks man

camaro__thunder · 02-22-2008, 04:41 AM

I can try to get some pics installed and not, really busy these days.

Slmd92DIME · 02-22-2008, 09:13 AM

Take your time. I still have awhile lol

PrerunnerRob · 02-24-2008, 08:38 PM

I was cruisong around the junkyard the other day, and noticed alot of stubby nose vans have this setup. May be an cheap easy way to try it out, I believe it was on 70's ford vans, but I may be wrong

Slmd92DIME · 02-24-2008, 09:20 PM

PrerunnerRob- The vans had the setup under the dash with the booster???

PrerunnerRob · 02-25-2008, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slmd92DIME

PrerunnerRob- The vans had the setup under the dash with the booster???

I can't remember if the booster was on there too, but it had the pushrod from the pedal actuating a 90 deg lever, then pushing the master cylinder. So all the components were located under the hood, above the engine, in a very neat compact way.

shifty · 02-25-2008, 09:34 AM

you know, i've been looking at the 2-pedal and 3-pedal kits you can buy that have integrated master cylinders and boosters, etc. for a while now. you just pull the old setup out and bolt the new pedal assembly in. the resevoirs are built into the new pedal assembly. there is some fab work involved, though.

i have been wanting to install one of these repacement assemblies in my truck for eons now, that way you can just shave the firewall and be done with it. as it is, the pedals on our trucks stick out WAY too far! hell, my clutch pedal has about 12" of travel at the rubber end! i don't get the purpose of having that much travel, seems like a waste.

Tilton has some nice pedal setups on the market. you can find em at any of the big parts stores like Jegs or Summit. i am 99% sure you can get them with remote boosters and even remote resevoirs.

shifty · 02-25-2008, 09:36 AM

link, for reference. http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...4294847984+115

integrated resevoir: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

i posted a thread in the 67-72 forum trying to find ANYONE who was using one of these setups in their truck, but apparently nobody was. i'd be curious to see if anyone over here in this section of the forum is using one.

02-19-2008, 02:57 AM	#1
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02-19-2008, 04:30 AM	#2
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02-19-2008, 07:21 AM	#3
smashingchuck It'd be alot cooler if you did Join Date: May 2003 Location: Three Rivers, MI Posts: 2,345	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster Here is some mock up pics of the one I am currently working on. I just couldn't get the linkage to work and still keep the booster, so I ditched it for a stepped bore master cylinder for a 86 two wheel drive with manual disk brakes. I didn't know someone else had done this before, I would have loved to see some other ideas other than my own. Attached Images __________________ 78 Build Thread 4Runner Build

02-19-2008, 07:55 AM	#4
Slmd92DIME Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 481	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster http://www.kugelkomponents.com/produ...akesystem.html __________________ My Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=269019 Petitioning No Regrets MD/WV

02-19-2008, 08:31 AM	#5
jlaird Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: johnstown, NY Posts: 2,393	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster stupid question but how do you service the brake fluid?

02-19-2008, 09:27 AM	#6
Slmd92DIME Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 481	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster I am pretty sure that krugel has a remote reservoir. Mount it where its easy to get to and fill it up from there. I may be mistaken though. __________________ My Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=269019 Petitioning No Regrets MD/WV

02-19-2008, 12:08 PM	#8
Slmd92DIME Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 481	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster Just a option. I am sreiously considering building my own kit for under the dash with the booster. Just like the krugel. __________________ My Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=269019 Petitioning No Regrets MD/WV

02-20-2008, 03:23 AM	#9
camaro__thunder Epoxy Primer Friendly Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South of Houston TEXXXAS Posts: 680	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster I have the Kugel underdash setup also. __________________ My Project 69 SWB SHAVED BAGGED DOORED

02-20-2008, 09:33 PM	#10
blazntn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: TN Posts: 204	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster How difficult was the kugel to install. also, are you running a booster under the dash!

02-20-2008, 11:25 PM	#12
Slmd92DIME Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 481	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster I will be runnin a booster. From what I have heard the kugel kit you just mount it up and run your lines to it. Camaro- Could you get some pic sof the kit before you put it in your truck? If not some with it in your truck? Thanks man __________________ My Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=269019 Petitioning No Regrets MD/WV

02-22-2008, 04:41 AM	#13
camaro__thunder Epoxy Primer Friendly Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: South of Houston TEXXXAS Posts: 680	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster I can try to get some pics installed and not, really busy these days. __________________ My Project 69 SWB SHAVED BAGGED DOORED

02-22-2008, 09:13 AM	#14
Slmd92DIME Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 481	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster Take your time. I still have awhile lol __________________ My Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=269019 Petitioning No Regrets MD/WV

02-24-2008, 08:38 PM	#15
PrerunnerRob Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Jose Posts: 847	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster I was cruisong around the junkyard the other day, and noticed alot of stubby nose vans have this setup. May be an cheap easy way to try it out, I believe it was on 70's ford vans, but I may be wrong

02-24-2008, 09:20 PM	#16
Slmd92DIME Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 481	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster PrerunnerRob- The vans had the setup under the dash with the booster??? __________________ My Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=269019 Petitioning No Regrets MD/WV

02-25-2008, 09:34 AM	#18
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,373	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster you know, i've been looking at the 2-pedal and 3-pedal kits you can buy that have integrated master cylinders and boosters, etc. for a while now. you just pull the old setup out and bolt the new pedal assembly in. the resevoirs are built into the new pedal assembly. there is some fab work involved, though. i have been wanting to install one of these repacement assemblies in my truck for eons now, that way you can just shave the firewall and be done with it. as it is, the pedals on our trucks stick out WAY too far! hell, my clutch pedal has about 12" of travel at the rubber end! i don't get the purpose of having that much travel, seems like a waste. Tilton has some nice pedal setups on the market. you can find em at any of the big parts stores like Jegs or Summit. i am 99% sure you can get them with remote boosters and even remote resevoirs. __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM. Last edited by shifty; 02-25-2008 at 09:35 AM.



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02-25-2008, 09:36 AM	#19
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,373	Re: Looking for someone running an underdash brake booster link, for reference. http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...4294847984+115 integrated resevoir: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku i posted a thread in the 67-72 forum trying to find ANYONE who was using one of these setups in their truck, but apparently nobody was. i'd be curious to see if anyone over here in this section of the forum is using one. __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM. Last edited by shifty; 02-25-2008 at 09:40 AM.

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