t3hranger

so i was getting a pulley out of my parts car when i noticed an extra pump under the air compressor looked at the steering rack and it said power steering.
the car is a 1985 gsl limited edition. i had no idea any 1rst gens had power steering. when i get some time i will swap the steering rack into my 84. i'll get some pics later

'84-12A-GSL

I know some have power assist. I don't know about full power steering.

85rotarypower

It is full power steering to the steering BOX I believe. There is no steering rack in the 1st gens as they are not rack and pinion but recirculating ball type steering.

Alak

iTrader: (9)

Yeah, its accually the box thats power. The rack is the same old rack as all the other ones.

You have to change the whole box/steering colum to convert it.


If you want to part with that power steering pump, let me know.

OneRotor

iTrader: (3)

like it was said above, there is no rack.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/steering3.htm

pilotguy23

dont know if you know this but 1st gens. w/ power sterring are amazingly rare-if it has a power steering pump then it wont have a/c right? maybe you oughta keep it the way is-its more collectible-

dantheman

iTrader: (4)

Umm, mine has both power stearing and A/C. I think alot of the 84-84 gsl and se's had this.

OneRotor

iTrader: (3)

pretty sure you're wrong. there is no reason why there wouldn't be both power steering and A/C

31rx7

The PS equipped 12a cars are somewhat rare. Most of the FB's with PS were GSL SE's. Also, I am not certain of the years that power steering was offered on the 12a FB's, but I can say I have never seen a pre-1984 car with power steering.

I believe (though not 100% sure) the power steering equipped cars used different mounting brackets for some of the accessory drive components. One thing about the PS cars - the steering box has a slightly quicker ratio than the manual box. Search on these forums to get the ratios.

85rotarypower

The only way a pre 84 RX-7 would have power steering is if it was swapped in from an 84-85. Pre 84 there was no power steering offered at all.

DanielBlakley

if your going to buy the respeed kit and convert to rack and pinion if you buy a power rack and pinion you can use the pump and have a powered rack... thats what I'm doing but there will ahve to be a little fab work to make it fit...