Re: Type 44 Bomb Question

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <3.0.5.16.19981224231254.2c6f4190@pophost.micron.net> James Marriott writes:

> Not quite sure what you mean here, but 4kqs do not HAVE a bomb. The brakes
> are vacuum actuated, so there's a vacuum reservior to store boost for
> engine-off braking. Only the hydraulic-boost cars (evidenced by three hoses
> on the PS pump) have bombs.

The 'early' bomb system has only two lines on the pump.  The pump's
output is split between power steering and brake assist by the device
that sits underneath the spherical 'bomb'.

Audi refers to the later system (with three lines on the pump) as the
'tandem pump system'.

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