Wanting to Add Power Brake Booster

My Father has a 1972 Dodge Dart Custom 318v8. It has front and rear drum brakes, which he wants to keep. He just wants to add a power brake booster. I am doing the research for him and I'm kind of learning as I go. What parts are needed besides the booster itself? Does someone make a complete kit including pushrod, etc.? I just want to make sure I order all necessary parts. Any information is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Stacy Bouler

Billy Jack said:

My Father has a 1972 Dodge Dart Custom 318v8. It has front and rear drum brakes, which he wants to keep. He just wants to add a power brake booster. I am doing the research for him and I'm kind of learning as I go. What parts are needed besides the booster itself? Does someone make a complete kit including pushrod, etc.? I just want to make sure I order all necessary parts. Any information is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Stacy Bouler

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he would love power disc brakes.sorry but drum brakes just suck.why is he so insistant on drums?he will need a booster and push rod,master cylinder and maybe distribution valve.

Generally speaking the bracket that bolts to the firewall and raises the booster above the valve cover comes with the pushrod

I went with a Leeds booster on my Dart.

A few years ago, there was a full kit on ebay - booster, MC, stand-off brackets w/ lever, pedal rod for $170. It looks like they adapted a common classic Chevy booster. I haven't looked lately. If you can find the stand-off brackets w/ lever and rod, you can mount a later booster to the brackets. In my 1965 Dart, I used a booster from an Intrepid and only required a little rat-tail filing of the holes to fit brackets from a 1974 Dart. The input to the booster is a flat rod, which fit into the lever (might have added a spacer washer, forget). That allows you to use a common 2-bolt aluminum MC without needed a 2 to 4 bolt adapter plate. You see it in my avatar.

Ignore people fussing about changing to front disk brakes. That is a separate issue, and with a booster you will be setup for later disks. You would have to add an adjustable proportioning valve inline with the rear circuit (I did), which costs $30. Adjust so the fronts skid just slightly before the rears in a wet parking lot.