A1 manual steering rack

[roccophil at gmail.com (Phil Boeye)]

On a street car, I'm happy to have manual.  Feels very good.  Though
not a big guy, I have strong arms.  Hell, I used to bulldoze my Cougar
with its shot p/s system.  A roc is a teeny little thing.  It's also
all I've ever driven on rocs for the last 18 years.

On an auto-x course, I'm just going with a quick-ratio rack.  I
absolutely hate the weight and GUNK of a p/s setup.  But that's me and
my mileage has always differed.

:)




On 5/18/06, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> PS without the power will be more "unpowered" feeling than the manual rack.
> The POS has this setup, (well, it has a bad line) Good for bodybuilding
> maybe.
>
> Cathy
>
> On 10:00:19 pm 05/18/06 Blake <blake@clockworm.com> wrote:
> > to be honest, another reason i consider this is because my current PS
> > setup has some issues.  i'd love to autocross someday, but can't swing
> > it money-wise right now.
> >
> > i think i asked this before - can i just pull the PS pump and have an
> > unpowered setup, or do i need to change mechanicals to get the right
> > ratios?
> >
> > b.
> >
> > On 5/18/06, Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >  Nobody will deny manual steerng is far simpler, cleaner ligher,
> > >  more reliable etc.  In reality, these cars really don't need power
> > >  steering at all.  Now that I think about it, on a daily driver,
> > > why not?  I've had more manual steer A1s than PS ones, and never once
> > >  wanted it (until I started autocrossing).  Gotta admit my frame of
> > > reference was a bit narrow on my previous reply.
> > >  G/L
> > >
> > >  Ron
> > >
> > >  --- Blake <blake@clockworm.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >  i understand that reasoning - but there's a certain appeal (for
> > > >  me) in simpler approaches.
> > > >
> > > >  i've even pondered retrograding to carburation on my 16v... (!)
> > > >
> > > >  (maybe i just need to add a bug to my collection)
> > > >
> > > >  b.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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