mazdaspeed101

my t 2 came with the power steering removed :evil:

foopy

i had a s4 before and LOVED the no power steering. yea its a bitch to park, but once you get it moving, it turns fairly normally. but you just get such a feel for the road. im sure other non-power steering users can relate.



anyways. what i want to kno is if removing the belt from my s5, will mimic the non-powersteering of my previous s4.



comments? suggestions?

Seppuku

No it will not mimic your setup on the s4 by just removing the belt. With just the belt removed it will be harder to turn than your s4 was and take more effort. If you want to get something like your s4 had you're going to have to do some of the suggestions above.

foopy

ahhhhh. (crap)



guess i gotta use the wussy power steering for now.



thanks all for the feed back :bigthumg:

Jerk_Racer

ILUV: AutoX isn't bad without it. Last year I had Advan A-032R's (225/50R16) up front. This was with a itty bitty 320mm diameter steering wheel and fighting the offline pump. It wasn't bad once I got used to it. Now I have no pump to fight and have less sticky 225's up front. It's easier now, but it wasn't that bad before. I just had to slightly alter the way I steer as well to get some leverage on the wheel when parking. Over 5mph it's all right.



::Hans/Frans voice here::

Hear me now and listen to me later, girly-man. Do some pushups or something if it's a problem. :smirk:

j9fd3s

i have a manual rack in the 20b, and its lighter than the first gen, its a one hand deal in parking lots



mike

87GXL

In my S4 i took the power steering off(removed the belt, pump and bracket.. then looped the inlet hose with the outlet hose so the gears in the rack dont get to hot and can still have fluild.. i would recamend keeping the power steering rack because of the quicker ratio so you wont have to turn it as many times.. even at a stand still its not hard to turn.. i palm mine all the time with no problems.. and i am a 17yr kid whos 5'9" so theres nothing special about me.. just my $.02 i prefere no power steering on a power rack opposed to a manual rack..

Dave



Oh ya... remember to pull the fuse too or you will get an anoying warning buzzer..

Turbo II

yes its the belt closest on the right side of the engine bay. it wasnt that bad when my belt snapped and i drove home from work without it on

norotor_nomotor

taking off the power steering seems like a bitch... how much is a manual rack???

rotary>piston

cut the belt and, magic, no power steering! It will be pretty hard to turn with the bad ratio. You should probably take out the pump too, it'll help save weight.