Okay, that photo is a lot more clear as the other photos we a bit fuzzy in that area.. What I was seeing was the brass T.
Fox Brake pedal too stiff
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Sweet Jesus if you didn’t already have a great CT…
“Forget how much I cut off but definitely made it easier to slip it in.”
“Forget how much I cut off but definitely made it easier to slip it in.”
Holy crap this install is genuinely so annoying. Trimmed the studs, slotted the holes, and beat the strut tower and it still won't go. My main problem right now is that I don't have enough space to swing the hammer so I'm gonna try and find a big drift to see if that will help me push the strut tower a little more.
Sand-filled mallet on the booster to tap it in maybe? I didn't touch my tower at all when I installed it into my '88. 1990+ are the easiest install, but pre-90 is still doable without resorting to drastic measures.
Yeah I was hoping that since my car is a 93 it wouldn't be too hard but it's kicking my butt. It is a factory 2.3L chassis which I'm pretty confident has zero influence on what I'm trying to do but maybe it does?
It's just been a lot of back and forth since I want to do as little as I can when clearancing the holes and the strut tower.
It's just been a lot of back and forth since I want to do as little as I can when clearancing the holes and the strut tower.
Shakerhood
20+ Year Stangneter 
Way back when I did mine, there was a weird bump in the tower about the size of a nickel that l had to hit a few times in order to get the booster past.
Okay I got the booster in and I was able to test my brakes yesterday. Definitely requires less force to get to the limit of the tires and cause the wheels to lock up which I'm very happy with. Feels a lot safer than before where I was basically at maximum effort into the pedal to achieve the same thing.
One interesting thing I experienced though is that the brakes have less initial bite to them. Very light braking requires more effort than before but heavy braking requires significantly less effort. Anyone else notice this? I expected the pedal to be more sensitive across the board but it's not like that at all.
One interesting thing I experienced though is that the brakes have less initial bite to them. Very light braking requires more effort than before but heavy braking requires significantly less effort. Anyone else notice this? I expected the pedal to be more sensitive across the board but it's not like that at all.
This makes me wonder if the initial brake adjustment and break-in are completed.
That feeling might be coming from having to take up that initial play between the pad and rotor surface.
The other thing that comes to mind is the adjustment of the MC rod into the booster.
That's all I got.
There's dirt cheap tool to set up the booster rods now.. Snagged a few off temu for less than $5
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Booster rod should be set up correctly, I just used calipers to measure for the rod adjustment. Brakes don't drag and there's no slop in the pedal before the brakes come on.
I think I have some kind of vacuum issue that may or may not be related since my cruise control is acting up after the install. It still comes on but I slowly lose speed. I had to mess with the vacuum source for the cruise to get the booster in so I might have caused a leak somewhere.
I think I have some kind of vacuum issue that may or may not be related since my cruise control is acting up after the install. It still comes on but I slowly lose speed. I had to mess with the vacuum source for the cruise to get the booster in so I might have caused a leak somewhere.
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