Has anyone converted from power assist to manual brakes on a third gen camaro?

Whats the swap involve?

 

There are some pictures on my web site.

First of all why do you need to convert to manual brakes? The weight saving from removing the booster "might" be 5 pounds at the most.

2 main reasons for converting are #1 you need more room in the engine compartment and #2 your engine doesn't produce a lot of vacuum for the brake booster. An electric vacuum pump or vacuum reservoir is easier than the conversion.

To convert to manual brakes you need a manual master cylinder. I found mine in an S10. The brake lines are on the opposite side of the master cylinder so rerouting lines is required. The manual master cylinder may also use double flare fittings and the third gen's metric bubble flare won't work. Depends on the year of your car. You'll have to adapt the lines or find aftermarket adaptors.

Mounting the master cylinder to the firewall is best done with a conversion kit but I just drilled new holes and bolted it on. The pushrod needs to be shortened and adapted to the brake pedel. You need to remove the brake pedel from the car and drill a hole 1" higher on the arm for the pushrod to attach to. This corrects the angle that the pushrod travels and increases the mechanical advantage for manual brakes. Older GM cars originally had 2 holes in the brake pedel arm since manual brakes used to be an option.

 

Thanks for the reply,

The car in question will not see a lot of street use and I am not yet committed to making the change. Right now, the car is gutted and awaiting new paint, interior, etc. I am considering the swap just to clean up the engine compartment.

Again, thanks for the help!!!