Many people say that they dont like the power steering. I personally cant stand cars without it. I have turning at low speeds, you really have to crank the wheel with two arms. Plus, I find drifting is way easier with PS. Better control.

Thats I hate turning at low speeds *

seems like you know what you want

actually control is better without it you get more feedback.................

True true, for road course is great. If you need quick response to steering like for drifting stay with PS. I turn mine off for track and turn it on for street.



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Power Steering or No Power Steering, thats personal preference. After my P/S hose blew, it was a PITA for a while until I just got used to it. Now I hardly notice at all. I can turn mine with one hand no problem, and I've got more control if the steering....

I like it better without. You get a lot more "feel" though it does take a lot more input when you're driving hard or at low speeds. When I drive a car with PS now though, I find it "too easy" for my liking and I tend to overdrive. I haven't aggressively drifted, but I would imagine that you'd have to have PS to steer so quickly...no ways around it.

How do you turn it on and off? Just remove the belt, or will that break something?



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You can unplug the ps computer in the car and it will cut it out most of the way. I cant remember excatly how much or anything but ive done it that way before my self.

I loved driving my car without the PS. Parallel parking didn't even bother me. It really sucked when I drifted though. The wheel always thryed to rip out from my hands. Def not as comfortable.

It's up to you what you like.



Try it with power steering, try taking the belt off to give you a rough idea of how much difference it makes. The technology Mazda put into the power steering computer back in the 80s is not to be underrated. I love the feel of it.

Theres a HUGE difference between unplugging the p/s or removing the belt and completely removing the p/s pump. The steering is MUCH lighter when youre not trying to force fluid through a non-moving pump.



I have the pump removed on mine, and I have never once found myself wishing I had power steering. The feel is so much better, and its not much heavier than many sports cars with power steering. It feels about the same effort-wise as the WRX STi, and only a little heavier than the S2000. Its nowhere near as bad as the old mitsubishi truck with manual steering I drove from time to time.

The power-steering has this thing that activates when you hit speeds above like 70mph where the car becomes stiffer and not as twitchy so that you won't fly off the highway. I drove an AE86 without power-steering and it wasn't hard at all, except when making turns from a dead stop, and parking in general.



I'm keeping power-steering in my RX7 though because there's no reason NOT to have it. Unlike piston motors, simply removing the belts because they "rob horsepower", is not an issue with RX-7's. I'll be keeping my A/C too, thanks. lol

We've got a bright one here...

Ive got the whole ps system removed and I don't regret it one bit. I like the feel much better. If I'm not mistaken I thought the FC's had power assisted steering where you only have ps at low speed, so thats the only difference. Its not bad at all, I think I could park with one finger if I tried hehe.

Everyone seems to think you can't drift without power steering... Uh i must be special cause i drift all the time, without it. Once you get the feel for it, you can throw the wheel and let go and let it correct its self... I like to let go and scream when there's a passenger in the car to scare them, though the whole drift thing usually does a pretty good job of doing that as is.

Hmmm......... I'm removing my ps and air, and I dont think it will nearly be as hard to turn as my dodge dakota that has a blown pump. Ive driven the 7 with the key turned off, and found it fairly light, like the pump didnt do anything anyway. I think it would only matter if you drive from a standing start, and need to turn on a low radius, as in parrelel parking.

i think people are missing something here. there is a HUGE difference between a looped power steering rack with no pump, and the plain old manual rack. i thinking that's why many people's opinions are conflicting a bit. i have driven all types and believe that it's a decision between either power steering, or convert to the manual rack. either system is easy and comfortable to drive, but like someone previously said, it is all opinion based.