Hi everyone, One of our members wants to put power brakes on a 1965 Buick Special with the 225ci V6 like the factory did. My question is,
did they ? I have never seen a 1965 225 ci motor with power brakes. I looked in my literature and the only power brakes was on the 1965 Special/Skylark with the 300 ci 2bbl carb. Or our Gran Sports with the 401 nailhead.
The 1965 Special was standard with the 225 V6 1bbl carb. I had one, and it was a terrible performer! really bad.. Many of them were traded in for V8 Skylarks or LeSabres. To fix this problem in 1966 Buick changed the manifold to a Rochester 2bbl carb. This changed the performance drastically. So I found a 66 manifold/ carb and enjoyed my Special for nearly 40 years.
Could the 1bbl carb create enough vacuum to operate the power brake unit ? If anyone can answer any of these questions please post... Thanks.
Tony
