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Hydroboost swap


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I am in the process of swapping a 4.6 liter into my 99 ranger. With the motor in place, it was pretty tight on the vacuum booster, so I talked to a buddy of mine who is everything Mustang, and he had a Hydro boost of a 2001 Mustang GT, that he gave me. On a side by side, it appeared that the Hydro boost would fit and operate with the pedal assembly with no modification to linkage. I mocked it up on the hunch, and it seems as though it will work, no lines have been mounted yet. Am I imagining this?
 


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Any updates on whether this worked for you?
 

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^^^ yes any updates?? I'm curious...


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Not likely that you will hear back from the OP, his last active date was 2 days after that post.

It may not have been a Ranger, but I can tell you that hydroboost has been swapped into many vehicles with no problems what so ever. Can't recall what I read about it on or where, but shortly after finding out about the system I studies it as potential swap candidate. Turned out that quite a few people are using it in situations that a traditional brake booster wouldn't work, anything from engine clearance due to swap to tire clearance from lowering.
 

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Yeah. I like it for the fact it can handle towing better and the pedal feels way better.

My biggest questions are:
1) can you effectively use the stock p/s pump to run it
2) what's the easiest swap

I've searched the forms looking for a good detailed swap but have come up short.


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I would avoid it unless I had no other choice. Hydro boost sucks.

I had a customer that junked a truck because of it, the valve went out causing the brakes to lock when the truck was running tearing out the front end. I wrote an estimate was for new pump/lines/valve/brakes/axles/bearings/differential.
 

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Wow. That's a crazy scenario. What was it on??

I've never seen or heard of anything like that. I personally haven't had any problems with hydro boost except the occasional leak. But then again I've dealt with mostly gm's. I have an 05 Tahoe with it and haven't had any problems.

I guess it all boils down to personal opinion.


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