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Ok so I had a lot of time on my hands today and I decided to pull my ac out. I have an ex 5spd and used the alternator belt off of a dx to run from the crank. So while I’m under the hood I decide to remove the power steering belt just for ***** n giggles. OMG. What a difference. First off I must say that the gains between 4-6 grand are very noticeable however the complete loss of control is also very noticeable. I had heard of a lot of people cutting their belt before but damn it’s just not worth it. I was out driving around for about 45 minutes tonight and damn my arms are still pumped. Now like I said the gains are really good so I’m kind of tempted to maybe convert to over to a manual steering rack maybe from a 96 civic. Grey told me that the hybrid uses some type of electric rack I think that maybe lighter has anyone got any experience with these? I was also thinking maybe I could connect the existing steering pump to an electric motor any ideas?
Feel free to wander off topic with your experiences with no p/s. all input is appreciated.
Feel free to wander off topic with your experiences with no p/s. all input is appreciated.
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Rep Power: 0 oh yea electrical rack? thats interesting.. but i personally would want it to have its own power suply independant from the car... look into it.. im interested.. maybe we can all brain storm on how to do it.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by berettagtz117
Will it hurt the car In any way driving around without the powersteering hooked up?
Will it hurt the car In any way driving around without the powersteering hooked up?
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Rep Power: 310 Originally posted by horatio
no the car runs just fine like a dx would.
no the car runs just fine like a dx would.
hmmm... I guess its another one of those options that some DX models just don't come with, like an ac. Next thing you know, someone'll have a DX without immobilizer or ulev or something.
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Rep Power: 310 btw. with no power steering, it just makes the steering wheel feel a lot stiffer and heavier right? When you're rolling it doesn't feel like much of a difference, but trying to turn the wheels while you're at a stop, you gotta pump it?
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Rep Power: 0 ya my buddy just got a 94 civic sedan with a fully built gsr motor and no a/c, no p/s. thing is fast as **** but hot when it rains and sucks when you are going really slow to turn. really gotta crank the **** outta it.
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Rep Power: 0 So basically you just take off the belt to remove power steering? I've driven a car before without P/S, and it wasn't that bad, so I wanted to do this with the Civic, too.
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Rep Power: 0 u guys make it sound like no power steerin is a pain in the *** to drive. havin no p/s is nuthin. the only thing u cant really do is turn the wheel when at stop, but turnin on the go is not hard; does not take that much force.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by CivicRookie
So basically you just take off the belt to remove power steering? I've driven a car before without P/S, and it wasn't that bad, so I wanted to do this with the Civic, too.
So basically you just take off the belt to remove power steering? I've driven a car before without P/S, and it wasn't that bad, so I wanted to do this with the Civic, too.
well if you pull off the belt you just disable it and regain the hp that it takes away but if you want to remove the system, i dont there is any way to convert a power steering rack to a manual rack because they operate completly differant. the car you drove with out ps before was likley equiped with a manual steering rack. they are a lot easier to move because unlike powered rack you dont have to push against the hydrolic.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by XxSoVeReiGNxX
hey wtf! I have a DX and it HAS power steering
hmmm... I guess its another one of those options that some DX models just don't come with, like an ac. Next thing you know, someone'll have a DX without immobilizer or ulev or something.
hey wtf! I have a DX and it HAS power steering
hmmm... I guess its another one of those options that some DX models just don't come with, like an ac. Next thing you know, someone'll have a DX without immobilizer or ulev or something.
you didnt read the whole post, at first i thought he was talking about ac
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by GoOkStA
u guys make it sound like no power steerin is a pain in the *** to drive. havin no p/s is nuthin. the only thing u cant really do is turn the wheel when at stop, but turnin on the go is not hard; does not take that much force.
u guys make it sound like no power steerin is a pain in the *** to drive. havin no p/s is nuthin. the only thing u cant really do is turn the wheel when at stop, but turnin on the go is not hard; does not take that much force.
ok i admit is not that bad when you are rolling but id be fu*ked if i had to make a tight turn in a parking lot or if a car rolled out in front of me.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by horatio
well if you pull off the belt you just disable it and regain the hp that it takes away but if you want to remove the system, i dont there is any way to convert a power steering rack to a manual rack because they operate completly differant. the car you drove with out ps before was likley equiped with a manual steering rack. they are a lot easier to move because unlike powered rack you dont have to push against the hydrolic.
well if you pull off the belt you just disable it and regain the hp that it takes away but if you want to remove the system, i dont there is any way to convert a power steering rack to a manual rack because they operate completly differant. the car you drove with out ps before was likley equiped with a manual steering rack. they are a lot easier to move because unlike powered rack you dont have to push against the hydrolic.
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Rep Power: 338 I dunno ... I've driven a car w/o pwr steering ... I've also driven my civic w/o power steering ... the gains you get are close to nothing and it's not even worth it
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