 Has anyone here de-powered their steering? |
 Oct 21, 2010 - 5:26 PM
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Anyone here de-powered their steering? And I'm not talking about just removing the pump, I'm talking about removing all the stuff, and rebuilding the steering rack without all the valving and such for the power steering, essentially making it a manual steering rack.
It was something I'd seen done a lot in the Miata forums and such, didn't know if anyone here was lurking with this mod or not. -------------------- 1999 Celica GT
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Feb 25, 2011 - 1:30 PM
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Maybe I'm wrong but a car like the miata weighs probably couple hundred pounds lighter than the celica and it's RWD so the tranny isn't completely up front, the mr2 is a Mid engine RWD so most of it's weight is in the back, so with these cars I don't think powersteering assists the driver as much as it would the celica since it's FWD; most of it's weight is up front, on top of the wheels that turn, so the lack of power steering will be much more noticeable/troublesome than in one of the previously stated cars.
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blu94gt Has anyone here de-powered their steering? Oct 21, 2010 - 5:26 PM
markie no power steering sucks Oct 21, 2010 - 11:33 PM jordisonjr Absolutely terrible not having power steering if i... Oct 22, 2010 - 12:05 AM richee3 I'm actually curious about this as well. I hav... Oct 22, 2010 - 12:56 AM 95CelicaST My MR2 doesn't have power steering. I absolute... Oct 22, 2010 - 12:56 AM cjh4l22 I'm working on doing just that to mine. Oct 22, 2010 - 1:27 AM qatar11 I did it as part of a 3SGTE Swap (going from an ST... Oct 22, 2010 - 8:09 AM celica74 smaller pully on the pump might be your best bet a... Feb 25, 2011 - 2:10 PM mt953 i had a 87 rx7 turbo2 that had a manual rack and i... Feb 25, 2011 - 3:45 PM Defgeph I would like to see any information as well, I dit... Feb 25, 2011 - 5:01 PM mt953 if anyone has as spare rack measure it down in det... Feb 25, 2011 - 6:25 PM mt953 just found this. a good start
manual steering rack... Feb 25, 2011 - 6:37 PM Rider What's the best way to "remove" (dis... Mar 1, 2011 - 1:41 AM
95CelicaST Perhaps the non-power steering rack from a mr2 wou... Mar 1, 2011 - 8:57 AM |
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