Header time, suspension too, and a bomb q

[Henry A Harper III]

Umm...Bob? There's no vacuum assist function on Audis with bombs. Hydraulic
boost system replaces vacuum boost system. Pretty sure.

Henry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Robert Myers
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:52 AM
> To: rob hod; Cody at mail.craincorporated.com; quattro at audifans.com; Mike
> Arman
> Subject: Re: Header time, suspension too, and a bomb q
>
>
>
> Nah, Rob.  There's always the proverbial brick wall.  :-(
>
> Your brakes will still work with both a dead bomb and a dead
> engine but you
> will lose all power assist with the brakes.  The main function of
> the bomb
> comes into play in situations where the right foot is still actively
> providing fuel to the engine and the left foot is frantically trying to
> slow the car for the next corner.  Main power brake assist is the old
> fashioned vacuum boost.  With power to the engine, especially
> with a turbo,
> there is little if any vacuum there to provide brake boosting.
> This is the
> function of the bomb - to provide brake assist when the vacuum assist
> feature can't.