Here is a question confirming my noobie status.

Does anyone ever use power steering on their locosts?

If not, does the 'power steered rack' make a nice 'quick rack' or does it make the steering too heavy?

Please keep looking out for my questions, I have a feeling I have an cd player/ashtray question brewing.

power rack is nice and quick (well some are, the sierra one is 2.8 turns) but the torque sensing bit of the pinion shaft will still flex about. Not sure of how you can sort this out, I didn't bother (on my old rally car) and just bought a quickrack kit for £45 and put it into a manual rack.

Don't bother with power steering. The manual rack from a Mk2 Escort is plenty light enough. If you want a quicker rack, kits are relatively cheap from Burtons etc. A power rack will tend to have a rather inexact 'straight ahead position' so forget it!!

Marcus

I found my car's steering so light that I tended to 'over-control' the car until I got used to it.
It had been too long since I drove a RWD car! Very few RWD cars ever needed PAS - only the very heavy ones anyway. For example, I've driven a 1954 Rover 100 at 1.5 tons without PAS with no problems.

IMHO, anyway.

David

[Edited on 14/1/05 by David Jenkins]

"I've driven a 1954 Rover 100 at 1.5 tons without PAS with no problems."

48" steering wheel with 15 turns lock to lock