Redwood

For those who read my previous thread on whether or not to switch to a power steering box instead of the manual box (to get the quicker ratio), here's what my results are.

The swap itself was remarkably easy, perhaps because I have a very open engine bay and interior. Finding a location for my overflow tank was also simple (I mounted it on the driver strut tower). The tank I ended up with is very subtle; it's a black Moroso overflow tank, nothing special. I left the top open to allow airflow (this may be changed later) and ran one tube from the outlet on the PS box to the bottom of the tank. I then plugged the other outlet on the box. Right now, it is leaking a touch, but I'm low on time so I just drove with it like that (will be fixed this week of course).

The ratio is noticably quicker. I found myself turning too much when I was taking corners hard. I like it a lot more than my sloppy old manual box, too, but that may be because my box was very worn out. The only thing I'm not too happy about is that my turnsignal/lights/wiper cluster won't fit on the column anymore. Not too big of a deal for me since I needed to re-wire all that to switches anyway, but some people may want to check fitment first.

If you race/autocross/drive hard, I'd recommend the swap. The ratio on the manual steering is ungodly and this really helps to get rid of all that arm effort (although it's still a bit to much turning for my taste).