vacuum with blower

[John Hess]

Use a vacuum pump!


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From:  Geoff Watts[SMTP:geoff at omen.com.au]
Sent:  Monday, June 09, 1997 4:27 AM
To:  'diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu'
Subject:  RE: vacuum with blower

What if you got a stuck throttle? - i'd go and put some 1-way valves in

geoff

-----Original Message-----
From:	jpearl at qsi.com [SMTP:jpearl at qsi.com]
Sent:	Sunday, June 08, 1997 5:56 PM
To:	diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu
Subject:	Re: vacuum with blower





>There is a check valve in the brake booster to prevent pressure from
entering the booster on many cars.  Under boost >you loose all effects of
the brake booster as there is no vacuum to draw from.  Unless you drive
with your foot on the >brake at full boost, you are not likely to ever
experience this.  As soon as you let off the gas pedal, you have >instant
vacuum to power your brake booster.

My $.02 - my car has NO such "checkvalve" and no special considerations
were made concerning boost and it's effect on the brakes.