i want to convert my car to manual steering and i want to change out the steering rack ith a manual one.. what else, will i need to complete the conversion i have an 00 ex civic coupe.

i dont want to just plug the pump and put a breater i want a full manual conversion

 

you will need just the manual steering rack and maybe the steering knuckle (connects the rack to the column) and then an alignment of course.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PhrequenC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i want to convert my car to manual steering and i want to change out the steering rack ith a manual one.. what else, will i need to complete the conversion i have an 00 ex civic coupe.

i dont want to just plug the pump and put a breater i want a full manual conversion</TD></TR></TABLE>
The '96-00 Civic manual steering racks have an extremely slow ratio. The power racks are already too slow; why would you want to make the steering less responsive?

I would recommend against it.

 

what do u mean by extremely slow ratio?

 

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Have you ever driven a '96-00 Civic with a manual steering rack?

 

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Have you ever driven a '96-00 Civic with a manual steering rack?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no sir i havent.

 

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If you had, you'd know exactly what I mean. The steering ratio is extremely slow and unresponsive.

According to Rodney, the '96-00 Civic power rack is something like a 17.7:1 ratio (slow, 3.5-3.6 turns lock-to-lock), while the manual rack ratio is 20.x:1 (extremely slow, something like 4 turns lock-to-lock). For reference, a DC2 Integra power rack is 16:1 (tolerable, 2.98 turns lock-to-lock).

Trust me: You're going to want to keep the power rack, remove the pump, loop the lines, and run a breather.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
If you had, you'd know exactly what I mean. The steering ratio is extremely slow and unresponsive.

According to Rodney, the '96-00 Civic power rack is something like a 17.7:1 ratio (slow, 3.5-3.6 turns lock-to-lock), while the manual rack ratio is 20.x:1 (extremely slow, something like 4 turns lock-to-lock). For reference, a DC2 Integra power rack is 16:1 (tolerable, 2.98 turns lock-to-lock).

Trust me: You're going to want to keep the power rack, remove the pump, loop the lines, and run a breather.</TD></TR></TABLE>

okay man thanks. the only resaon why i was lokoing to remove powersteering is my boyu7 told me ill be able to make more power.. is that true or is it worth it just to keep it? i also wanted to keep my bay clean when i repaint it

 

fawk what you heard man, the SMALL gain youll receive really isnt worth it. it doesnt take much searching to realize that.