Unintended acceleration

LL - NY larrycleung at gmail.com
Thu Oct 22 18:09:19 PDT 2009


I haven't checked with National on the reservoir (I've thought about it), bu
the pump is definitely out for at least Solo2 stock and Street Prepared. .
No mods to brake system except pads/fluid, all else should be OEM
equivalent.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:27 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > As an experienced autocrosser running, for all intents and purposes a
> > Scoobie WRX (Saab 92X Aero), I curse Subaru for not either including a
> > vacuum pump for the brake boost, or going to hydraulic brake boost (both
> > adding to cost that Subaru I guess "chose" not to add)
> >. In going from near
> > WOT or WOT to brake I can often run out of boost. The tighter the course,
> > the worse the problem. It is worse with ABS active than not. I have
> checked
> > out the entire braking and boosting system, all meets the Service Manual
> > requirements, including check valve and booster function.
>
> Would SCCA et al permit you to either add a vacuum pump or add a
> larger vacuum reservoir?
>
> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G1461/
>
> Googling "vacuum assist" and "autox" turns up loads upon loads of hits
> about this from owners of many different car models.
>
> -B
>


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