 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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Oct 22, 2010 - 12:56 AM
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I'm actually curious about this as well. I have no intentions of de-powering my steering, but on a lightweight car like a Celica or a Miata, it doesn't matter nearly as much. I currently have to move my Celica around quite a bit, and I don't have a motor in it. It's not terrible without any power steering assistance, so I'm curious how it would be if I was actually driving the car around.
As a side note, I assume that removing all the power steering components would only be worth it if you had a track Celica. I see no real gains besides slightly reduced weight and very slightly reduced drag on the engine, but combined with several other mods, it could help make a very competent track Celica. -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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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 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 Spartacus94 Maybe I'm wrong but a car like the miata weigh... Feb 25, 2011 - 1:30 PM 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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