I have a 94 civic ex with a b16...its my dayily driver so i dont want to mess it up, but should i get rid of the power steering??? i'm looking to increase power and lose weight....also what else can i take out that will help with out me regreting it in a few weeks???

 

take out the power steering civics are light enough that its not very hard to turn even when your sitting completly still.

 

Get a VX rack!

 

get a vx rack and you wont mind not having power steering

 

Whats a VX rack?

 

ditch the power just man handle it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MUGEN_B16CIVIC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Whats a VX rack? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Manual steering rack from a Civic VX. Lighter, easier turning effort.

 

No power steering. I dont have a Honda anymore but I swapped out my power steering rack for a manual one. Im not sure on a Honda but I know on my car it is a pain in the **** if the motor isnt out to swap the steering racks.

 

A Civic isn't bad at all to drive w/ a power rack and no pump, parallel parking can take a little arm strength, though. I would recommend a manual rack, however.

Anyway, yeah. I'd pull it, keep everything and you can always put it back on...

 

As for other stuff you can take out... Have you ditched the air conditioning yet? Compressor, condenser, etc. all adds up to a lot of weight. If you don't mind a little more noise you can pull up the carpet and get rid of the sound deadening. I recommend letting it sit outside on a VERY cold day then chipping it out, or using dry ice, rather than heating it with a heat gun and scraping. Carbon fiber panels (hood, trunk) shave a pretty significant amount of weight too. I wouldn't bother with the fenders, the OEM's don't weigh much of anything the way it is.

 

SCREW getting rid of my A/C it gets hot as hell down here!!! I ve been without one for two years and i just got it fixed!!!!!Any one know any good smaller batteries that will work in my car????

 

dude dont be a wuss. You make it sound like you live in death valley. I'm in south texas w/o A/C and I can hang.

 

i have a half gutted car, no ac, no ps. and it's a prelude aka 2900lb car.

it's really not that hard to turn at all.

 

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Civic racks are a lot easier. All Nissan racks suck.

 

i took out my PS, still waiting to switch out for a man. rack or get that kit that's made for my ps rack.. it's not bad, it's my daily driver and i don't really notice until i get in a car with ps and i'm like damn this is easy

 

alright, i took out my PS and my A/C yesterday.... that was alot of weight!!!! Is there anything else in my engine bay that can go??? Also does anyone have a man. rack?? We dont have any import salvage yards around here!!

 

you can get that kit that lets you keep your power rack, cause if you switch to a CX/VX rack your turning radius won't be as tight i think

 

anyone know if they make a manuel rack for 96+ civics? i want to delete my p/s witha manule rack but dont know if they make one that you can just bolt on. do you have to change the cross member?

 

i dont have powersteering on my cx ek.....i dont want it either.

 

ive driven without it but still have it on my car.
not sure whether or not i want to switch yet.
can you switch a vx rack onto a 99/00 Si ?

 

i'd like to know more about the manual rack. bump

 

I have a 99 civic and the best thing I ever did was ditch the p/s **** and install a 96 civic cx rack..smooth sailing now and lost a grip of wieght..look here for the parts you need..

http://car-part.com/index.htm

I got my 96 cx rack for 68 bucks shipped! cant beat that.

 

no its a front wheel drive if you have rear wheel then you keep it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SiRkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ive driven without it but still have it on my car.
not sure whether or not i want to switch yet.
can you switch a vx rack onto a 99/00 Si ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

96 cx man go for 50 bucks on car-parts.com

 

im curious how much easier this makes steering. Right now i have no p/s and sometimes i wish i could have p/s