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2014 Chevy Silverado
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Which is better?

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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 1:25 PM
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While looking up brake parts from LMC, I found that there are 2 types of boosters, Hydraulic and Vacuum. Which would be better to have and would there be any difficulties installing or changes switching one from another.

Currently my truck has a Vacuum booster.


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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 11:58 PM
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I would stick with what the truck came with, but thats just me.
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 10:37 AM
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Of course stick with your factory vaccum style booster. The hydraulic booster gets hydraulic pressure from your power steering system and requires a decent amount of modification to the system from what i've seen. The only people that switch to hydraulic are guys who build up muscle cars and have a huge cam in the motor which in turn means very low vaccum. So with a hydraulic system you don't have to worry about the motor shutting off when you hit the brake. Unless you just want to spent the money and extra time on a fancy hydraulic set-up.
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 1:50 PM
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Thanks guys, I would rather not have to do a major overhaul to switch so I'll just stick to the Vacuum booster.
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