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Old Jan 8, 2003 | 11:20 AM
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power steering and AC

wuts the advantage of removing power steering and A/C ??
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Old Jan 8, 2003 | 11:51 AM
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Less weight, less stuff for the motor to turn and if you have a turbo car it makes it much easier to run intercooler piping later on.
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Old Jan 8, 2003 | 12:26 PM
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Building up muscles in arms while driving...Loosing weight by riding a sauna in the summer!
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Old Jan 8, 2003 | 12:34 PM
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ok, taking out the AC removes weight. is the power steering feature really that "heavy"? or duz it increase driving ability or help something specific other than weight?
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Old Jan 8, 2003 | 12:50 PM
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Seriously, there has been quite a few threads on using a manual rack and converting a power rack into manual.
Just one example:
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...threadid=96390
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Old Jan 8, 2003 | 01:55 PM
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Yes the pumps are fairly heavy. Id say the two pumps + bracket is a good 100lbs easily.
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