electric power steering project

[The Radium King]

thanks; hopefully not too much skill involved - drill a few holes, connect two hoses.

i'll have the front underbody panels off the car in a week or so and can confirm hose routing/length, at which point I can order hoses and the Russell fitting (I live in the boonies so have to order stuff in batches to save on shipping). that should let me know I have the proper fitting for my pump. after that I have to find some time to test, clean and paint the pump (it's used and has spent some quality time under the hood of some diesel british people mover). then I expect a day (or two) of actual install.

[jaykay]

Sounds good. Why did you choose this particular pump? What is the output with respect to the stocker? It's probably much more stable and will give the ps control valve less work.... but output pressure range?

It would be really handy if the ps control valve was right in the frunk somewhere....are you drilling to get to it??? Perhaps it's modularized with the rack....bummer

Are you removing all the ps lines from the back?

Will the gutted ps pump require some fluid to keep its bearings cool and lubed while idling? Will you still have to service this fluid?

[The Radium King]

oil and transmission coolers

[jaykay]

Ahhh you have to get right to the rack....that means big holes for the hydraulic lines!

Who would have thought that a Porsche cup car pump would be a Vauxhall Astra piece...crazy!

Where do you plan to grab switched power for it?

[The Radium King]

smallish holes - 6AN (AN/16 = 6/16 = 3/8").

switched power under dash - stereo, etc.

ill try to get some pics up of proposed placement this weekend.

[The Radium King]

Here's a shot of the pump. You can see the opening for the pressure out, as well as the barbed return to the reservoir. You can see two of the three rubber isolation mounts on the oem bracket, and that with a bit of bending you can make the bracket mount to any surface you want. For wiring you see the main + and -, as well as the three-wire control connector.

A clean and a shot with a spray bomb (black plastic paint for the reservoir and some black high temp for the motor) and its ready to go in.

On another note, a quick peek of a Ruf 3600 clone coupe (zeintop):

[goldsc_78258]

Just finished the install and tried it this week end at an autocross event, It worked like a charm, the steering is a little tighter but the feel is better than before. I ended up running a switch instead of the alternator light because it's more practical since it is a race car.

It was an easy project with all the info that I got out of this post

Thanks for all the research RK