Manual brakes Question

I have a 87 Ramcharger, I want to convert to manual brakes, my question is on the trucks is there a firewall reinforcent plate when you have manual brakes like on a B body car ? or does the master cyclinder bolt stright to the firewall?

Thanks

Not sure but I believe theres a plate for the master to bolt on to the firewall in place of the booster. What do you have against power beraks? Power brakse replaced manual brakes for a reason...

I'm going to put in a Big Block and need the room plus I'm changing the cam so vacuum will also be a issue.

With an appropriately sized master cylinder, manual brakes can be nice, provide much better "feel" of brake modulation, and offers a cleaner engine bay without a booster and hoses for vacuum

that little plate is just to dress it up--it isnt substantial enough to give more strength---and hey manual brakes give you better pedal feel--i run 4 wheel discs with manual pedal on all my cars/trucks---in panic situations you are less likely to lock them up---power guys tend to lock up the brakes which means you are ever closer to loosing control--locked up brakes take more distance to stop the car--locked up brakes mean the car follows the line of momentum meaning you cant effectively steer the car away from the hazard....bob

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I'm going to put in a Big Block and need the room plus I'm changing the cam so vacuum will also be a issue.

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What size big block? B Blocks will fit with all brake setups. RB Blocks Need the small booster.
That's what vacuum canisters and pumps are for. I do know there's a plate as the bolt pattern is diff bit don't believe is not really reinforcement