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Brakes are very hard??.. just built new motor

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i just built a motor with a cam could that be causing my brake pedal to be very hard to push?? and what can i do to fix that??
 
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What cam did you use? What sort of vacuum do you have at an idle?
 
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i used a trickflow stage 1 can and im not sure what vacuum i have at idle
 
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Hmm. Cam isn't overly aggressive. See what vac. you've got.
 

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i have a trickflow stg 1 cam and my pedal feel is fine. but still the cam does limit vac. i forgot what reading i got, but i know it's pretty low. you could put an extra vac canister with a check valve to capture more vacuum.
 
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