Re: Howard's 47 Custom project

Posted by JWL On 2013/4/22 15:34:04

Howard, we used to call them dash pots. They allowed for a gradual slowing down of the accelerator linkage at the last part of the travel to eliminate the engine dying from too fast of a closing throttle. Usually found on air conditioned cars.

I am going to shop around for one of those Ford brake vacuum boosters with an eye to installing it on my 55 Clipper. It originally came with the BTV, but I had Ross remove it and replace with a conventional master cylinder, albeit a pre-55 unit. Do you think it would matter if the booster unit is higher than the master cylinder? The one I saw on the T-bird looked to be about the same height as the MC.

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