no flames please, power steering question

[Lawrence C Leung]

And a notable parasitic power loss. Running one pump against the other
(raising pressures unecessarily, I might add) is sure a waste of energy. 

LL - NY

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001 18:17:16 -0800 "David Glubrecht"
<daveglu at hotmail.com> writes:
>Another very creative option is to try an old honda idea.  They used 
>two P/S
>pumps one hooked up normally and the other hooked up to pump in 
>reverse and
>driven off of the trans.  It also had a check valve to make sure the 
>most
>the trans pump could do is eliminate the effectiveness of the 
>"regular"
>pump.  In this arrangement, you had power steering at slow speeds and 
>better
>feel at higher speeds along with a seemless reduction in power of the 
>P/S
>system.
>  Dave G
>
>