Power steering pump question

[suncoaster]

'85 Bill Blass.
Phoned to price a power steering pump and after checking, the parts guy said he had one without hydro boost. What's Hydro Boost? I thought it had something to do with the brakes, and if so, what's it doing associated with the power steering pump? Does the Mark VII have that?

 

[Frogman]

Hydroboost uses power steering vacuum to supplement /create vacuum for the master cylinder. A lot of cars use it, the cobra, the Diesel fords, etc etc.

I don't know if the mark vII used a hydroboost braking system or if it was a regular engine vacuum setup.

 

[torquemonkey]

My '92 has Hydro-boost, it uses pressure from the power steering pump to power the brakes.

 

[ND4SPDLSC]

Hydroboost came on cars without ABS, ie base model Marks from '84-'87. I forgot if Diesel cars had it too and if all designer Marks came with ABS. By 1988, all cars had the ABS unless converted by an individual.

 

[Frogman]

My 03 Powerstroke has ABS AND Hydroboost.

:/

 

[suncoaster]

'K. Thanks for the response guys. My Mark has ABS, so I believe I'll assume no hydroboost.