Hey, I was just wondering how hard my car would be to drive without power steering. It is a 92 civic lx and it came with power steering, but it really ugly right up in the front of the engine. Do you think it would be harder to drive a h22 eg hatch with rack and pinion, cuz my brother has one, and its really not that hard to drive. Thanks for the help, David

 

my 92 civic dx hatchback does not have power steering and it is not that heavy and hard to steer.

 

My 92 cx hatchback didnt even come with power steering .... and its easy .....

 

My 97 CX hatch didn't come with power steering and it's easy to steer.

 

my hatchback doesn't have power steering. it did take a little bit to get used to it when i first got it but after u get used to it, its fine.

 

my cx doesnt have it and never will. love the feeling of rack and pinion. only problem is when im parallel parking (drive in the city alot). as long as you got some pipes, everything will be fine. as soon as the car is moving it is not even noticible

 

my 92 vx has no power steering and its easy to drive lol
the last 8 posts said the same thing just a diff car
i think its nicer to drive w/out p/s you feel the road more and curves are alot of fun thats just me tho

 

My VX was easy to drive until I lowered it, put a small diameter steering wheel, and some 15 inch rims with wider tires. Even so, it's not that much trouble for daily driving. When I park it, I get it right the first time.

 

my 97 cx has no power stering either.. cool thing is it kinda works out your arms lol

 

i have two words..

torque

steer

have fun.

 

My 99 with an h swap dosen't have ps and i love it,, only time it sucks is if your parked and cant really get rolling before turning the wheel otherwise i dont even miss my ps.

 

I have a '98 EX coupe with power steering. I wouldn't have it any other way.

I also have a '97 CX hatch without power steering. It's also lowered (like the EX) and at low speeds it's almost impossible to drive. It actually makes me angry sometimes since it takes so much just to get the damn wheel to turn.

Of course you won't feel it as much once you get up to speed, but backing out of the driveway, parking, taking a slow turn, any sort of slow movement is much more difficult than it needs to be.

It makes the car feel clunky at slow speeds imo. It takes my mind off of other things I should be paying attention to and I don't like that.

(And before anyone mentions it, power steering racks are tighter than non-power steering racks. Granted many people just loop the p/s if they're getting rid of it.)

 

power steering is a creature comfort on the streets not the tracks

 

my 93 civic with a b16a dosent have power steering and its easy to drive,
the only time it will get difficult is if you put a smaller steering wheel on it, or when your parked

 

Power steering FTW.

Not having it isn't so bad, but like they said above when your at slow speeds or parked its not so fun.

 

Oh yeah i dont care about power steering. I have buddies in my car and they're like you got power steering? Im like naw im just strong.

 

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ive got no powersteering in my h22 coupe, theres no issues at all just dont parallel park unless ur in for a good arm workout

 

Are most of thesse cars yall are talking about come with ps stock? I still have the pipes and crap coming out of my steering column, so I dont know what to do. Power steering is UGLY.

 

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Plenty of race cars have power steering.

I'm sure you get a lot of time at the track between chores, high school and your after school job. I'm sure that car is a strictly built for the track monster and is never taken out on the road. Even in the rare event it's on the road, it's probably primarily on the track, so of course it'd make sense since this car lives on the track and not the street (like the majority of Civics on this site).

 

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mine came with ps stock and has been removed

 

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LOL very true