Gen 4 brake booster with gen 1 camaro?

[Pete68]

I bought a C5 booster for my first gen on ebay for 150. Love it and relatively easy to mount. Had to cut the rod and use an early 70s Nova bracket to mount the booster to the firewall. Easy

[redfire69]

Originally Posted by Vince@Meanstreets

The forth gen booster firewall mounts are different. The one to go with are the 2002-2008 corvette units. You may have to redrill the pedal or run a 1/4" spacer between the bracket and booster.

Or you can run the tuff stuff booster part number 2229NC
http://m.summitracing.com/parts/tff-2229nc

Works perfectly with the DSE reduced angle bracket
http://m.summitracing.com/parts/dsr-050302

You will also need the pedal clevis kit
http://m.summitracing.com/parts/sum-760125

Vince, I'm attempting this exact tuff stuff setup above on a former manual brake 69 Camaro. It looks like I'm getting interference with the booster hard rubber boot and firewall in the last inch of trying to bolt this up. Any ideas on this issue? Do I just tighten it down, or clearance the firewall hole, or ...? Thanks in advance. Ron

[1Bad68Cat]

Originally Posted by 69greyghost

Hey guys, I wanna run a gen 4 brake booster on my 69. My buddy told me to buy this dse bracket and thats all I need, is this correct? The info on the bracket says it only works with a special dse booster. Thanks guys let me know what you think.

I installed one on with friend's 69 camaro a few years back and on another after. I can't recall if all 4 bolts on the existing bracket match the firewall or if only 3 do. I can check when I get home. The one hole I know for sure that didn't match was the large diameter hole the push rod goes through. I welded the hole shut and redrilled it higher. I then mounted the pushrod onto the lower hole in the brake pedal.

[redfire69]

Originally Posted by redfire69

Vince, I'm attempting this exact tuff stuff setup above on a former manual brake 69 Camaro. It looks like I'm getting interference with the booster hard rubber boot and firewall in the last inch of trying to bolt this up. Any ideas on this issue? Do I just tighten it down, or clearance the firewall hole, or ...? Thanks in advance. Ron

Well it looks like I can't just tighten it down as this will cause a preload on the brakes. Anyone run into this with this popular combination?

Edit: I got some advice to clearance the firewall hole similar to the DSE setup. Will try that soonest.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Sorry I missed this, some firewalls will need some metal moving. The manual cars have a smaller hole, depending on who was working that day.

[redfire69]

Des anyone know if it's safe to go directly with 3/16 brake lines off the master using this setup?

https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-18M97.../dp/B000C9E5IW