I own a 92 LS with a few bolt ons like Fujita intake, Hks catback and Magnaflow hi-flow cat, 1 in throttle body spacer. I love this car and it runs great for the most part and I enjoy wrenchin on it everyday and tweaking it.
I’ve seen how people have been removing thier power steering, I am wondering why they would want to and what you gain from it. I think ive heard people say they get a small power gain? I really am just curious to what it would do and why people do it
Anyone care to explain to me real quick? Thanks Guys!!!
As for the gain, maybe a tiny bit better acceleration if any other then that yep +2 clean engine bay to make look better .
For example the gains are not much better than the “advancing 18 degree” i tell u so if u are doing it just for every juice then dont unless its going to be a track car and its built for N/A then every hp counts.
You’re not going to feel any power difference from removing it, if you do, then it’s purely a placebo effect.
I personally like the feel w/o power steering a bit more, plus like the others stated, it cleans up the engine bay a lot and drops a few pounds.
A friend of mine preferred having the powersteering as he autocrosses and felt it was better to have it than not. And Also I believe some classes of racing do not permit its removal.
yea it looks a whole lot cleaner without it. it does take a lil getting use to driving around without p/s, but i do like the feel of it a lot more. on each teg i’ve owned i’ve disable the p/s, and prefer it. but if u do lots of tight spot cornering in busy parking lots, bulk up.
parallel parking tho… forget it. its really not that bad when ur car is in motion tho.
i removed my ps belt only not even the ps pump and there is definitly a differance not nessaraly one that you can feel. but i have a friend that has a 2000 teg and we used to be equal when we race now i got a car on him plus a car this small you hardly notice the differance without it.
Mine came without the belt and I want to take the rest out. It gives you a closer feel I guess. The only time it EVER sucks is when you have to turn around in a one way parking lot (grrr…)
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parallel parking tho… forget it. its really not that bad when ur car is in motion tho.[/QUOTE]
I parallel parked w/o power steering for years, it was easy. I no longer drive the car daily and recently took it out for a spin and had to parallel park. It was tougher than I remember, but still not a problem. As soon as you get used to it you’ll never even give it a 2nd thought. Tire compound and pressure will also effect ease of parking in these situations.
yes thats all true and stuff about the tire making a difference and stuff. and yes i do remember it being easier after getting use to… but u gotta admit that it still takes more effort, especially when you’re on a busy street, then u gotta be quick about it. but its all choice, and i personally prefer to have no power steering on my car.
but… i no longer have the luxury of parallel parking while holding my large ass fountain drink in one hand =P
if you loop the steering rack and take out the two valves it makes a noticeable difference compared to just taking the belt off. ive been daily driving like this for a year now and you eventually just get used to it.
