Power steering, what do you think???
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Originally posted by sunshine
I just went through the whole process. Went from full PS, to a power rack without the pump and the lines looped, to a real manual rack.
I must be honest and say that the manual rack and full PS fell identical at speed. The PS rack w/o the pump sucks ***. I really prefer the manual rack. It looks cool, the engine bay is a ton cleaner. and you feel teh road much better, with a marginally more difficult steering effort while moving slow.
Verdict - swicth to a real manual rack. Do not loop the lines on a power rack.
I just went through the whole process. Went from full PS, to a power rack without the pump and the lines looped, to a real manual rack.
I must be honest and say that the manual rack and full PS fell identical at speed. The PS rack w/o the pump sucks ***. I really prefer the manual rack. It looks cool, the engine bay is a ton cleaner. and you feel teh road much better, with a marginally more difficult steering effort while moving slow.
Verdict - swicth to a real manual rack. Do not loop the lines on a power rack.
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 10,630
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From: NY, MA, MI, OR, TX, and now LA or AZ!
Originally posted by Fatty_FC3S
UPDATE
I decided to try and loop the lines on my PS today. After driving it a few miles at varying speeds, i can say that Sunshine was right when he said the "looped lines suck ***". Even though i have a faster ratio that the manual rack, the difficulty in making fast turns at slow speeds is annoying. It makes it slower and in some ways more dangerous. Im going to change to a full manual rack since im not very happy with the looped PS rack. On the highway i can tell no difference though....
Just thought id give an update in case others are considering this mod. Ill update again when i get the manual in there.
Graham
UPDATE
I decided to try and loop the lines on my PS today. After driving it a few miles at varying speeds, i can say that Sunshine was right when he said the "looped lines suck ***". Even though i have a faster ratio that the manual rack, the difficulty in making fast turns at slow speeds is annoying. It makes it slower and in some ways more dangerous. Im going to change to a full manual rack since im not very happy with the looped PS rack. On the highway i can tell no difference though....
Just thought id give an update in case others are considering this mod. Ill update again when i get the manual in there.
Graham
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