Weight reduction?? YES Please..

[dudeondacouch]

that thread bashed the hell out of the whole "removal of power steering" idea...

 

[Pretzellogic]

I didn't copy and paste, but I did use what I learned from that thread.

I'm kinda looking for a second opinion, here.

 

[changedman]

powersteering is driven by the fluid, which is hydraulic fluid. much like brakes use hydraulic fluid. the fluid is only used for the powersteering, and when the system is removed, you dont need the hydraulic fluid, because whats it going to be used for then?
if you remove powersteering, everything goes. your car will still turn, lol.

 

[changedman]

hence it being called "power steering fluid" and not "steering fluid"

 

[mazdaspeedpower]

Does it really feel that much better without PS???? Oh, and I ******* hate AC...some cars handle it well, with AC blowing cold, it doesn't affet the car that much...however, some cars, it just ******* kills the car....I wouldn't know on mine currently...as I only twice had the AC on, both when I was parked...once at the dealership, and another day when I was waiting in the car for someone...and I thought the dash was gonna melt.

 

[dudeondacouch]

Does it really feel that much better without PS???? Oh, and I ******* hate AC...some cars handle it well, with AC blowing cold, it doesn't affet the car that much...however, some cars, it just ******* kills the car....I wouldn't know on mine currently...as I only twice had the AC on, both when I was parked...once at the dealership, and another day when I was waiting in the car for someone...and I thought the dash was gonna melt.

you thought the dash was going to melt in canada? does it ever get over 100 there?

 

[changedman]

the inside of a car warms to teh same, doesnt matter where u are. sun+black interior= HOT!!!!!

 

[RyanJayG]

northerners... lol

come get some of this southern heat sometime... last year we had about 2 weeks straight at 107 deg... the heat index was like 115 deg

and then go get some from even further south...

"dash was going to melt" HA

 

[Mr. Win]

very nice... ha your bro finally did it haha.

 

[jflo]

so it must suck to parallel park huh ?

 

[batmang]

move to arizona, tucson or phoenix area. i rarely use the a/c, but then i see people driving around at 7am, with the windows up. pussies.

Does it really feel that much better without PS???? Oh, and I ******* hate AC...some cars handle it well, with AC blowing cold, it doesn't affet the car that much...however, some cars, it just ******* kills the car....I wouldn't know on mine currently...as I only twice had the AC on, both when I was parked...once at the dealership, and another day when I was waiting in the car for someone...and I thought the dash was gonna melt.

 

[ELEmental59437]

Damnit, I could really use that condenser!!!! too bad I just bought one!

 

[mp5jeff]

nah its not my daily driver for the person who asked, the second pics in my sig are my daily car....and i live in florida, i dont really have to parallel park anywhere =)...but i have had some tight curves, it really isn't all that bad...just need to use a little muscle to turn is all =)

 

[mp5jeff]

Damnit, I could really use that condenser!!!! too bad I just bought one!

haha...

 

[mp5jeff]

Cars designed to have no power steering (ie: proper steering ratio) = good

I wouldn't want to remove the power steering from a car with a quick ratio that was made for PS. I think it would make it a b**** to drive. Also, doesn't the fluid have something to do with the lubrication of the system? Couldn't stuff theoretically bind up?

someone lied to ya =)

 

[protegeV]

i might be able to do without PS, but NOT w/o A/C...(headshake
more power to ya, with the weight savings though man, I'll be that livened her up a bit

 

[JITB]

ive been without power steering/ac for almost a year and i dont really miss it too much. but it really made a difference on my car... All the components combined are well over 150lbs...atleast

 

[Pretzellogic]

nah its not my daily driver for the person who asked, the second pics in my sig are my daily car....and i live in florida, i dont really have to parallel park anywhere =)...but i have had some tight curves, it really isn't all that bad...just need to use a little muscle to turn is all =)

Turn that car into your daily driver and you'll be ripped from the belly-button up in no time.

 

[RyanJayG]

I got this "little" turbo beat

OWNED!!! jo0 c4N7 R3s1s7 M3!!!!

 

[mp5jeff]

hah, nice...goodluck spooling that on a car though =)