jdmwannabe3

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE REMOVED YOUR POWER STEERING, WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT FEEL LIKE AND HOW HARD IS IT TO STEER WITHOUT IT?

krisjk2

easy on the caps. get in your car, turn the ignition to ON and try to turn.

jdmwannabe3

why would someone want to drive like that if its that hard?

lazybrown187

I HAVE NO POWER STEERING AND I THINK ITS JUST FINE DEPENDIN ON WHAT SIZE TIRES AND RIMS YOU HAVE TOO THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE

professor poon

I DON"T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!!! while you're cruisin down the street about to turn, put it in neutral and turn off the car. Your power-steering will not work, so you can figure it out for yourself what it feels like...

krisjk2

you won't notice much of a difference when the car is moving. people remove it to get rid of unwanted weight and to clear the engine bay out some more. it's also said that you gain some horsepower but i'm sure it's nominal. just make sure you get a manual rack.

jdmwannabe3

whats a manual rack?

krisjk2

the steering rack from a non power-steering car. i've heard that you can wear something down on your power steering rack if you take out the power steering. and if you don't know what a rack is then go to http://www.howstuffworks.com and search rack and pinion.

professor poon

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Muttly &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you won't notice much of a difference when the car is moving. people remove it to get rid of unwanted weight and to clear the engine bay out some more. it's also said that you gain some horsepower but i'm sure it's nominal. just make sure you get a manual rack.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Don't take this for absolute truth, but I've HEARD something about a P/S rack can be used without p/s by looping the line back on itself or something...?

krisjk2

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by transpar_nt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">1) Remove the power rack and install a manual one. The big downside to this option is that the manual racks need more turns of the wheel from lock to lock. This is great in a semi but sucks in a car that is supposed to be fun to drive.

2) Loop the lines. This can be done different ways or even just have them capped off, but the method that's the easiest on the rack and your arms is to loop it all with an overflow tank of sorts. Basically fluid is left in the rack to keep things moving smoothly, and the reservoir is used to allow fluid/air to move freely so the pressure doesn't make it difficult to turn the wheel. HT member Padawan has been selling these kits for a while and I've yet to hear of a dissatisfied customer. The only reason I haven't bought his kit yet is because he won't ship to Canada, as you can see near the end of his thread:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=563116
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there, i did your homework for you.

baPES

Its not bad i have 95 hb and its ok when ur moving but when u are idle its stiffer. U get used to it... i drive mine like nothing, but if someone else tries to drive they have trouble but it might just be my muscles. The key to it it accelerate as u turn makes it 100% easier

starlord

got any eg with no PS. Good direct feel. Takes a little muscle at low speed, but easy to get used to. wouldnt have it any other way.

b16greenmachine

parking lots, parallel parking, and quick maneuvers at slow speeds will be your worst enemy. i got use to it, but i still can't parallel w/o power steering, it takes like 5 min rofl