AE82 fxgt power steer to NON power steer

[trdfxgt]

iv got a non power steer rack out of a ee80 corolla i think.... it fits my car between the wheels and the body mounts but the steering arm is to short is this normal ? can i extend it or do i need the ee80 steering arm 2 ? or is there a better way to remove the power steer from my car ?

[pc]

steering arm?
I'm not sure of the names, but when I did this I had to use the non-powersteering rod thingie that sticks out of the bottom of the steering column as the two were different lengths. This involved pulling the column apart, but worked ok.

[Mr Revhead]

why do you want to do this??

[trdfxgt]

cos im a mad basted !!!!!! na its a compition car and iv measured the turns and this non p/s rack i have is shorter lock to lock and it also gives me more under bonnet space also as a driver i prefer the feel of non power steer in my small cars

[Mr Revhead]

but with p/s steer you can run a better alignment set up.
with a good amount of castor and sticky tyres the steering gets heavy.
my aw11 is quite heavy and its a hell of a lot lighter in the front than an ae82! and its still on road tyres.

[trdfxgt]

maybe you need to go to the gym haha lol na i have no probs with the weight at all infact its not heavy at all iv been running my p/s rack breifly with out the pump no probs what so ever why can i get a better set up though ??? how does p/s or not efect what the can set up ??

[Mr Revhead]

you can run more castor
castor is good.
more castor = heavier steering.
thats why ALL touring cars run PS. even though it adds weight and more stuff to fail.

[trdfxgt]

oh ok just from a hevey steering point of view yea i understand that well i had my car set up here in hams by p&h suspension car is very quick no probs with heavy steer but to be honest if i had to do more than 10 laps of say taupo i would have sore arms

[pc]

cos im a mad basted !!!!!! na its a compition car and iv measured the turns and this non p/s rack i have is shorter lock to lock and it also gives me more under bonnet space also as a driver i prefer the feel of non power steer in my small cars

Huh?
I measured the P/S rack at about 3 turns lock to lock, and the non P/S rack was about 4 turns lock to lock. That means you have to turn the wheel more times to get the same amount of turn on the wheels.

[trdfxgt]

this one i have is deffinitly shorter so ??

[Mr Revhead]

are you SURE its an ae82 one?
the hub carriers are the same on p/s and non p/s models
to the length of the racks will be the same

[trdfxgt]

i thought the guy i got it of said ee82?