electric power steering pump

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by harryrcb

Not just a hp issue it would help balance the car a little better by removing the weight from the back and dumping it up front plus get rid of those looooong hydraulic lines plus liquid. and more hp sounds like a win win situation. Would like to hear from someone who has actually installed it in a box or 996

Sorry OP or stealing the thread...
but Harry how does your the 3.8 DFI project coming along?

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[harryrcb]

Originally Posted by Gilles

Sorry OP or stealing the thread...
but Harry how does your the 3.8 DFI project coming along?

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hi Giles, slowly, work keeps me from playing - engine is in the car -transmission mounting flywheel clutch and motor mounts have all been sorted dropped the enigeing by 1/4 " for ather reason besides clearances. working on the intake and wire harness (almost have the old wire harness out) exhaust of course will be another custom issue. thanks for asking, can't wait....

[Cloudsurfer]

I heavily contemplated this when I put the 3.8 in my car. Less about HP gain to me, and more about just getting rid of this mess of a system.

There are plenty of parts available from various hot rod catalogs to do this, I just decided at the end of the day to leave stock well enough alone.

What I think is would be really nice, as well, would be to go to an electric vacuum pump for the brake booster, again, mounted up front. I do have a tandem pump on my 3.8, which provides brake vacuum mechanically instead of "stealing" from the engine, but I'd love to see the only lines from front to back be fuel and coolant.

[goldsc_78258]

I contemplated doing the same conversion but ended up installing an inline cooler a remote reservoir and taped all the connections on the pump to AN fittings. it has been 2 years and I haven't had any problems

[Cloudsurfer]

Originally Posted by goldsc_78258

I contemplated doing the same conversion but ended up installing an inline cooler a remote reservoir and taped all the connections on the pump to AN fittings. it has been 2 years and I haven't had any problems

Huh? Punctuation much? What do you mean "taped all the connections on the pump to AN fittings?" I have no idea how you would tape any fitting for a line that carries any pressure, so can you elaborate here?

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by Cloudsurfer

Huh? Punctuation much? What do you mean "taped all the connections on the pump to AN fittings?" I have no idea how you would tape any fitting for a line that carries any pressure, so can you elaborate here?

Cloudsurfer,

Perhaps he means replacing the Porsche crimped connectors with AN fittings, there had been several Caymans that had been modified with a cooler installed on the low pressure side of the system, some at the exit of rack (front) and other right before the pump (rear).

The pump gets removed, tapped and gets AN fittings, on the front I believe that you tap into the low pressure side of the rack (not 100% sure), and install the AN fitting with the hose to the cooler.

There is an interesting article (with pictures) written by Krokodil at the Cayman club (AKA Planet-9) with pictures, I have seen this car and the installation is top notch, however it was designed for a dual use car, however now it's dedicated track car and so far this mod has been reliable for almost three years...

http://www.planet-9.com/cayman-boxster-modifications/25511-power-steering-system-modification.html

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[goldsc_78258]

Thanks Gilles,That's what I meant ,replaced porsche connectors with AN fittings and ran a remote reservoir to stay away from engine heat.

And no I don't worry about puctuation much, and my spelling is not all that good but I would have figured out that what I meant was tapped as in drill and tap not taped