[DeTomaso] Vacuum to the Brake Booster

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/18/11 15 25 57, oldwheel at shaw.ca writes:


> As far as losing vacuum at an idle with lumpy cams, I've been tossing 
> around
> the idea of installing a vacuum reservoir tank in the engine bay. This is
> quite common in other cars. It would need a check valve between it and the
> intake port. This would store vacuum when present on the over-run and give
> it back at idle if required. I have 12 inches at 1000RPM, so I'm going to
> see if I can live with that.
> 

My Pantera came with one of those when I bought it; it had a fairly radical 
solid-lifter cam.   Those things are available, cheap, from Summit etc.

Mike