hey would i feel a difference in lossening up some hp whewn taking the p/s out and all its components? big little? reactions please post them.im really thinkin bout doing this but im not sure.
thanks
jack

 

I took mine out. You dont feel any horse power gain, but the engine bay looks so much cleaner and the I like the steering response much better.

 

I pulled out all that p/s bull ****. You do unfree some hp. (just a little)and the motor bay gets so much cleener. Best of all, you get that real sport car feel. It just holds the road or tarmatt better. Just point and go!

 

A friend of mine pulled his and left in the power rack. It was heavy when not moving, but once moving down the road, it had a very nice feel. Did you guys swap in the manual rack?

 

MY BROTHER DOESNT HAVE THE power anything and i love how his handles. but its also lowered too soo hmmm? everyone loves response? not that hard to turn while not moving? like so hard itll bother me when im halfasleep in the morning?
lol
jack

 

how long should it take to remove? any write ups or how to's about removing it that n e one knows?

 

Again I say, if you think it's too tight without the power steering...then you are a feeble 90 year old woman. Or at least you're built like one

 

LMAO! @ boosted

I agree. Grow some ****** and turn the wheel!
Half asleep and driving isnt a good thing anyways

 

tru but look i just dont like it b/c i used to drive a 57 chevy pickup for a little while and that was hard as hell to turn . i mean ****! i would work up a sweat just trying to turn into a parking space from a stop . lol but i guess its not as bad as that well i guess ill do it
jack thanks

 

No, its not that hard. The suspension geometry is much much better, as is the technology. Just leave some fluid in the rack, and loop the outside lines and cap the middle. Simple as that!
Enjoy!

oh yea, the FC is lighter, that always helps!

 

sounds simple and probably is but no one knows of n e write ups? i have looked on a search and i didnt find n e thing. well thanks joe and boosted rotors

 

I did it on my car, and from the top of my head, basically all you do is loosen the belt tensioner, remove the belt. The take out the mounting bolts, drain the unit by tipping upside down. Just follow along the lines, removing anything that will hold them to the chassis of the car. Once you get to the rack and pinion, remove all lines going to it, and then loop the outside onces, and plug the one in the middle. It took me about 25 minutes to take mine off. Really simple!

 

search harder

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and here

 

One nice thing about useing the power rack without the power is the gearing is better lock to lock... The Manual rack is almost 3 complete turns, the power is only 2 turns i beleive (which also makes the power rack harder to turn than the manual)

 

so.. do you guys like the power rack with no power.. or would you rather have the manual rack.. mines out it started leaking and i didn't feel like replacing the piping.. didn't take long to do.. plus its weight removal

 

Dude, leave a big ugle hole where the stereo used to be (save some weight) thats my favorite. Then remove the a/c (more weight) it really helps the resale value. Then when you get done the chicks will be really impressed how you gutted your car into a ugly jalopy.

 

lol right now i do have a big ugly hole where the radio was... but that cuz i bought with no radio.. and my a/c is gone.. but i'm in canada and with 2 decent size windows and a sunroof a/c not gonna be needed.. it is heavy but it just makes it sooo much easier to work on the engine.. and who cares about resale?? i have no plans to sell my 7.. you wouldn't get what you spent on it anyways

 

You know what else chicks dig??? RX7's with backseats and bad grammar...


Oh wait...no they don't.

 

oh and those same chicks that dont even understand what the **** a rotary engine is look into the engine bay (and see nothing of the sort like a honda motor i.e. cold air colored valve cover stainless steal headers cam gears etc etc....) start thinking what a bland ******* engine bay.... so yeah i m sure that is gonna be the deciding factor if your gonna bang the chick or not....whatever....and dont start on my grammar boosted hehe

 

even though I'm about to gut my TII of its stereo, A/C, and P/S, I laughed out loud at that post!

 

removed PS rack and pump and installed manual rack.....its piece of cake work and not hard to drive it

www.rx7cz.net/photos/works23/

 

Ahhh, you didn't do too bad...

 

so you run the 2 lines that goto the pump itself together and just yank the rest out..and thats it? what do you connect those 2 lines together with?

 

Damn jack, you should have Pmed me. I have done this to 3 cars so far, hit me up, it takes less than 30 minutes.


The feel in the cars afterwards is great, the weightloss is felt and increase can be felt in the buttmeter.

 

lol its funny levi i thought of u last night when i posted this thread but i got preoccupied and by the time i remembered to pm u i logged off the internet. sorry bro i was gonna ask u to asist me on this procedure. i have to work fri. and saturday. so whenever u wanna do it jus holla!
((( holla! ))))
jack