A1 manual steering rack

[scirocco25 at gmail.com (Eric Person)]

Yes, but there are ways to make the manual rack faster...
:)

Eric Person

C Boyko wrote:
> FWIW, I drove a manual Jetta for about 300 000 kms, and Klaus is manual. I
> like it on a Scirocco, but the PS does get the job done faster (and the
> "good" Jetta was fine too unless the tires got worn). Manual seems to fit
> the MkI though, nothing to the car, so it's easy to turn regardless.
> cathy
> 
> On 10:30:51 pm 05/18/06 Blake <blake@clockworm.com> wrote:
> 
>>yeah - i had that on one of my older cars.  i'm close to unpowered
>>now...
>>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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