anybody run an electric brake vacuum pump

[BeCool68]

Recently purchased and instsalled a SSBC electric vacuum brake pump, wanted to see what your thoughts are on these pumps?

Thanks Greg

[GregWeld]

Greg

I used to run one --- to power up my vacuum power brake booster. I had a reservoir as well which was hooked up to the vac pump of course....

I will say these things are noisy -- and they run A LOT....

It drove me nuts -- even over my loud Flowmaster 40's --- so I finally ditched the whole system and went with a Wilwood manual master.

[Racecraft]

I had one on my street/strip car. It was mainly for the strip though (cam was 290 deg @50", so no vacuum).

It worked great.

It would be too noisy to put up with on a daily driver and I reckon it would work pretty hard in road/road race conditions.

[ProTouring442]

I believe there are some OEM Vacuum pumps that would be a lot less noisy.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

[BeCool68]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Greg

I used to run one --- to power up my vacuum power brake booster. I had a reservoir as well which was hooked up to the vac pump of course....

I will say these things are noisy -- and they run A LOT....

It drove me nuts -- even over my loud Flowmaster 40's --- so I finally ditched the whole system and went with a Wilwood manual master.

thanks Greg for the feedback, I drove around the car yesterday, it is noisy but seems to work well. Just wanted to see how well they work or if anyone had any issues with them? thanks

[BeCool68]

Originally Posted by Racecraft

I had one on my street/strip car. It was mainly for the strip though (cam was 290 deg @50", so no vacuum).

It worked great.

It would be too noisy to put up with on a daily driver and I reckon it would work pretty hard in road/road race conditions.

Thanks for the feedback, glad it worked well. My brakes work great, just wanted to make sure they last.