can the removal of these two somehow cause a strange rattle that sounds like its coming from the driver side? after engagement of vtec you hear this strange grinding of some sort. thought it was the tensioner tor the t/belt so that was adjusted but the noise is still there. its been buggin the living hell out of me. anything would help. thanks.

 

Why would you dissconnect AC and PS on a street car..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Toolman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why would you dissconnect AC and PS on a street car..</TD></TR></TABLE>

So when you hit VTEC, instead of being pushed back like this:



You could be pushed back like this:

 

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You could be pushed back like this:



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LoL

 

um................... ok..

 

bwahahah

 

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So when you hit VTEC, instead of being pushed back like this:



You could be pushed back like this:



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thats awesome...but on the topic removing them shouldnt cause a rattle noise.

 

any idea what it could be? and that picture is awesome btw.

 

those are great pictures.

to tool man: i took my a/c a p/s out to be lighter, i dont know why you asked but it makes a lot of sense when you only own one car and go autoxing on occasional weekends. i dont know about california, but for me, it doesnt get that hot in jersey and its not that hard to turn a wheel

i dont know whats causing the rattling, but i doubt it has much to do with the a/c and p/s. chances are you left something loose, but i really dont know try to give more info


Modified by bleh at 6:06 PM 5/3/2005

 

Lighter is better!!

 

AC and Power steering would be the last thing I would take off for weight loss.. id rather add more power..

 

LOL!! that made my day
Try reving you engine while not in gear and if you still hear the noise something might be loose, if you hear nothing its gonna be something mechanical most likely

 

something loose is my bet.....pic were greate lol

 

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And I think you're a vagina, but nobody really cares -shrug-. My car has windows and a steering wheel and it weighs like 2100 pounds: it's plenty cool and it isn't hard to steer. In fact, the feedback without PS is much better (to me).

 

Looks so small without all the extras! Small but powerfull.... )

 

im not a vagina, I just like driving fast with the AC on, and not having to fight the steering..

But everyone has their own opinion..

 

And I like paying $2.50 for a gallon of gas and making 38 miles on it

 

haha I dont know about you but my non PS puts up a fight like a 12 year old girl

 

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hahah pwned, take them out

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Toolman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im not a vagina, I just like driving fast with the AC on, and not having to fight the steering..</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's what your procharged GT is for . 400whp with 3.73's? Hot damn! .

Civics aren't fast. You'll pick up some mileage without AC and PS and that's what they're best at .

 

The mustang is just my toy, it really isnt all that fast.. low 12s is the best I can do..

but the gas milage isnt that bad, I get 20 something on the freeway..

And my civic gets like 30 something, I dont need to get rid of AC on either..

 

adding power doesnt aid handling

as mentioned before, the responsiveness of non ps is better and im not a 12 year old girl so a manual rack is not a challenge.

50lbs off the front end of a front wheel drive 2100lbs car is effects the handling in a very positive way.

there are many many advantages to removing the powersteering and the a/c, another unmentioned one is that the car is a lot easier to work on.

sorry to thread jack

 

that is freakin hilarious

 

yeah haha..

 

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So when you hit VTEC, instead of being pushed back like this:



You could be pushed back like this:



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That is f*cking great