I've had my hydroboost for over 3 yrs now and I love it.

for what its worth, on our bigger trucks with factory hydroboost if the truck dies, your not stopping. its happend to me a couple times. even my 08 chevy diesel is hard to stop if its not running. i could see where the issue is, but not a reason not to use it.

I guess the same principle would be the same for a vaccum booster (won't work very well if engine dies). For the OP Rogue, if this issue is a deal breaker then don't buy it and just go manual. I have had hydroboost for 4 years now and like it alot. I haven't tried very many stops with the engine off. The on or two pedal cycles that are left in the accumulator should give you some braking.

I've had quite the opposite experience in an older '80's Chevy. Had the engine die on me going down the road. The first 1 or 2 pumps of the petal were great. After that the reservoir was drained and had very little petal. In that truck, as long as you realized what was happening, one could make a panic stop if needed.

I'm seriously contemplating running a similar hydroboost in my '68.

I would stay with either a brake booster or manual brakes with the right master cylinder. I feel the whole hydrobooster is a bit on the over rated side. I have Kore 3 brakes with a brake booster and 1" bore master and it works great.

the one part of this discussion that escapes me is the use of the e-brake.

Hydroboosted or not, if (manual or power) brakes are lost surely you reach for / jump on the e-brake. May not fully stop the vehicle but sure as hell will slow it down a lot

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I'm not sure if they were from supernova but they do go straight into the barrier.....if so looks like the brakes were working...
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5...2283custom.jpg

Btw Hydroboost is great !!!:thumbsup:

Well it looks like we solved the Nova case, and everyone has told us how much they like Hydra-Boost, but how about the guys brake problems....






Mick

Weird......looks like he locked them up and the car wouldn't turn. Those tracks don't leave much room for error. I'll stick to my wide open parking lots.:D

An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an equal and opposite force. (from my cloudy memory)






Newton First Law.
simply stated an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force


I guess if the engine died, the power steering (or lack there of) is all about shoulder strength and the leverage of a 14 inch steering wheel...
Mick