wellington

does manual steering have more benifits then draw backs?

llvll4l2c91350

i doubt it

AlkyIROC

The only advantages to manual steering is the weight loss and the extra room under the hood from removing everything related to power steering.

You only gain a little bit of hp from removing the pump. Only a dyno would probably see the difference. The pump is only working and creating pressure when the wheels are being turned so it doesn't load the engine down all the time.

wellington

i talked to an s10 guy with a duke and he said when he switched to an elcetric water pump he got 7hp at the wheels.

i am betting the powersteering uses at least that maybe more,and with 80hp to start,i can only go up.

i would like to drive a firebird with manual steering just to see how it will drive,i dont want to spend time and money changing over and find out i dont like it.

i have had cars with manual steering before and i liked it better then power steering,but those were all small japanese cars.


allthou with a duke i have alot less wieght in the front then a v8,so it should be easier to steer then a v8.


i guess more power is a good thing,and im not doing any road course racing,i might start on it next week.


less weight+more power is always good.

AlkyIROC

S10's that came with manual steering were only 4 cylinder models but not all 4 cylinder models have manual steering. GM decided to put power steering in some of them. It's a cool setup. Normal GM power steering box but the pump is just a tiny belt driven pump with an external reservoir. Only on the iron duke engines though.