Poll: Power steering rack on manual or regular manual rack on mk1

[haygood at myway.com (Brian Haygood)]

Hey Ben!  I have thought of that for the same reason. For all I can tell, that valve should control the amount of boost given by the P/S.  It's hard to find much good info on P/S, but I believe it might work.  Worth a try anyway.  Try it and let me know - I think it is the right thing to do.



Brian



 --- On Sat 04/02, Ben Harder < vwtype53@yahoo.com > wrote:

From: Ben Harder [mailto: vwtype53@yahoo.com]

To: area53@validpath.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org, VWC@vintagewatercooleds.com

Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 10:47:16 -0800 (PST)

Subject: Re: Poll: Power steering rack on manual or regular manual rack on mk1



Jeff,<br><br>  I am still in great debate over this one... I went from manual to power on my<br>'80 for one main reason: the 16v PS rack has a closer ratio lock-to-lock<br>compared to the manual rack, which is actually very helpful on the racetrack<br>(and in parking lots).  One downside to the power rack is that the steering is<br>almost too easy now... it lacks some of the feedback the manual rack had.  I am<br>thinking about adding a flow reducer on the PS pump to decrease the flow of<br>fluid to the rack... I am thinking this would help the PS rack get back some of<br>the tighter feel that is missing.  Anyone ever try/hear of this?<br><br>Ben<br><br><br>--- Jeff Toomasson <area53@validpath.com> wrote:<br>> My mk1 project will be coming back from the paint shop any time now and <br>> now would be the best time to throw a non-powered power steering rack in <br>> there.<br>> <br>> But my project car will never be tracked and will only see the <br>> occasional mountain flog 3-4 times a year. It's also a ragtop. OTOH - <br>> I'm kinda gettin used to the non-powered power steering rack in my other <br>> mk1 (poseur-track-prepped by PO). But I'm still on the fence.<br>> <br>> Any thoughts?<br>> <br>> Thx, Jeff<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Scirocco-l mailing list<br>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>> <br><br><br>		<br>__________________________________ <br>Do you Yahoo!? <br>Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!<br>http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Scirocco-l mailing list<br>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>

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