afro88

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Ok so I got my 87 TII with all the p/s removed and looped p/s lines (dry power steering rack). I personally feel this car is a bit too heavy to manage for the motorsport I will be using it for without p/s. So I will be reinstalling it but I'm not sure what all I need. I just bought a remanufactured p/s pump and I know I need all the hoses but what else? I know I will probably need the p/s pulley and belt but I saw this thing on top of the p/s pump on some pics (kind of silvery thing with metal lines going to it it didnt come with my remanned pump). One what is that and two can I rip all of the stuff I need from an na s4 in the junk yard (if it's not an s5 thing only)? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks

afro88

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So out of all the people here who dissable their p/s no one knows whats needed to reinstall it? No one even knows if a s4 na's p/s stuff will work with a s4 TII's?

UUGGHHH

Bama420

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There is an aluminum bracket that the power steering pump attaches to. There's an idler pulley that you will need on this bracket. Yes you can pull it from a junk yard (I personally would also get the hoses and other parts from a junkyard as well, just inspect the hoses pretty thoroughly). As far as s4 s5 differences, they SHOULD be interchangeable, but I COULD be wrong.

afro88

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k thanks.

Black91n/a

S5 NA's got a different power steering setup, if it's a TII it shouldn't matter. I don't think many people that take it off ever put it back on. I took mine off years ago and haven't looked back.

afro88

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Well I'm going to use the car for drifting, road racing, and autox. If I was just doing autox and driving road courses I wouldnt mind it but I will admit I will primarily be drifting. With drifting if you accidentally put your finger in the wrong place while the wheel is spinning back (with a dried rack of course) you can break some digits. Also without the p/s I would have to be much more precise with my steering inputs. I was going to just go ahead and swap to a manual rack but that would cost more than just reistalling p/s. My old ae86 had a dried power rack but that car was a few hundred pounds lighter and didnt have as much weight in the front. If the p/s turns out to be too sloppy I will just go with a manual rack but for now I want it back in.