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Air-Hydraulic Brake Booster (W/ Master Cylinder up to 1-1/2 Bore)

Air-Hydraulic Brake Booster (W/ Master Cylinder up to 1-1/2 Bore)
Item# 2779-775
$899.00
Master Cylinder:  Air Valve Mounting:  Air Gauge:  Brake Light Switch (Your Vehicle Likely Already Has One If You Are Converting):  Low Air Indicator and Warning Buzzer:  Safety Valve:  Air Hose:  Pump and Air Tank:  Plus Shipping for Pump and Air Tank:  Shipping: 

Product Description

Our Air-Hydraulic brake system uses an air-valve/pedal assembly to apply a remotely mounted air brake booster. It uses air pressure from a belt driven or 12 volt onboard air system to control the air-hydraulic booster, just like the brake system on super sized big rigs and buses, but it pushes a master cylinder rather than the roller cam that mechanically spreads the brake shoes apart on full air brake systems, so it will operate your existing hydraulic brake calipers or drums. It is great for vehicles with a lot of horsepower, a lot of weight, limited firewall clearance, that don't have power steering pressure or enough vacuum to run other brake systems, and/or already have air tanks onboard for operating air-ride suspension or air powered tools.

Most of the system is mounted remotely, usually on the frame or in the trunk. The only thing attached to your brake pedal is the air valve that is about the size of your fist, and you can even remove the stock pedal altogether and go with a pedal that we supply that mounts on the floorboard and puts the valve on the other side of the floorboard. You will have air pressure come in from the tank to the valve, and another air hose that goes from the valve to the booster/master that is on the frame. The booster has two chambers, one does the normal brake application, and the other is the emergency/parking brake. You will have another valve that you can mount on the dash, or hide under the seat or dash, which you can push and pull to manually apply a hydraulic parking brake that locks all four wheels. The hydraulic parking brake feature is much more powerful than the standard cable parking brake, can serve as an anti-theft device if the valve is hidden, and is there to also apply the brakes if you lose air. The system can be built with just the service chamber and no parking brake chamber if it is unneeded or unwanted in your application.

It operates off of 120-150 pounds of air pressure, which is much higher than the 15-20 pounds of vacuum that vacuum brake setups use (if the engine is producing enough or any vacuum), and is more powerful than the Hydro-Boost, as well. The Hydro-Boost has a pressure reservoir that stores 2-3 power assisted stops if your engine dies, which is a great feature, the Air-Hydraulic will have 10-20 or more stops in reserve in the air tank and the air compressor will continue to produce more if the battery still provides electricity.

Units can be polished, chromed, or powder coated, and can be supplied with or without an air compressor and tank.

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