kayoken

If i decided to ditch the power steering pump and just connect the power steering lines going to the pump, would there b any reliability issues in the long run since the car was designed to have power steering.... thanks for the input

Flexmyrex

ps is just there for lazy *** people j.p
i dont see why you would have any reliability affects. i know a few people w out ps in their ek -no problems

redhnda

No problem take it out you'll gain 1 or 2hp.

MIRRAdekhtc

on my 97 ex, i took the power steering off, it was like that for about a year, no problems, i liked it better than with power, it was tighter, you could feel the road better, but i was told in time it could lock up, do to the fact that it is a power assisted steering rack, which works off oil, so eventually you would have to put a manual rack in there, or just hope it doesn't lock up when your on an exit ramp on the highway.

kayoken

but would it still lock up if the only thing i took out was the pump and there's still steering fluid in the system?