Powersteering delete = Honda Y-mod pssibel?

[BattleFairy]

iam soooooo sick and tired with my Power steering so i wonder if the infamous y-mod work on our cars too`?
i did it on a couple of civic´s and didnt had any problems.....but who knows if nissan systems work same

for the people which didnt know what the y-mod is
http://www.civicforums.com/forums/115-engine/223156-diy-removing-power-steering.html

swaping a non PS rack isnt a option

ALL OUR S12/13/14 come with powersteering

[silverton]

I looped the feed and return lines on one of my old Supra's because the rack leaked.  I'm sure the same is doable on an s12.  power steering racks all function the same way.

[VG30_S12]

I no understand, so dood her like just reroute the ps fluid to to the rack  and closed it off, then removed the res and pump and all? If so I did that shit with some vac clamps and vac hose...
Or maybe I just stupid?

[rednucleus]

I believe there's a thread here about converting your power rack to manual.

[Jay]

http://club-s12.org/v3/index.php?topic=29712.msg293844#msg293844

[rednucleus]

yea, that's the one; thanks Jay

[BattleFairy]

yeahh i know that.......read the last post....i even didnt know if someone really did it or just talking about LOL

Urban Myth?

[Jay]

Seishuku drives on that every day. When he drives the S12. Which is nearly every day. I think.

To answer your question though. There's no reason as to why you couldn't do the Y mod.

[seishuku]

Yep, every day. It's my ride to work!
But yes, a loop like that will work just fine, I did that before I converted mine.

[Dr.Steels]

Looped racks should work no problem, Ive done it one VW's, Ive seen it done to Yota's, Honda, and everything in between. No reason it should'nt work for our s12's

[I_heart_VVL]

i just looped the lines in my integra, none of that fancy bullshit.
that was also my daily for over a year. working on it was soooooooo much easier without all that shit in the way.

[axlegrease]

Looped the rack on the first s12 I owned. Drove it for three months like that no problem.

[RB25sx - SLPR]

I don't get why this is a popular modification. Sure it is free, but unless you have a horribly leaking PS system and dont want to spend the money fixing it - WHY DO IT?

With the exception of drag racing, there is almost no motor sport that doesn't benefit from power assisted steering. So you're really just inconveniencing yourself in order to save a couple pounds, and maybe 0.5% power loss at the crank?

-dan

[BattleFairy]

hey dan

in my case its cause
-my pump bracket is fucked up
-my ps belt is broken
-my ps  consuming alot of space
-lines are leaking
-i want a manual steering but only PS was offered here
-free up some space which i really could use for other things (airfilter? coilpack mounting? catchcan?beercooler?)
-i have humungus power

keep in mind the car will be used for wangan style racing.....not much wheelturning needed here^^

[seishuku]

In my case, it was actually a "new" reman'd rack, but I was getting tired of fixing crappy fittings and leaking hoses.
Also my pump was on it's way out, and being an SR, I would have to track down another one of those (or fit a KA or whatever).

Besides, I like the road feel of manual steering.

[axlegrease]

Ok so I'm gonna jump on the no power steering justification bandwagon and say that the first s12 I bought was an incredible piece of shit that would puke a quart of ps fluid in under 5 minutes. With that said, I love power steering.

[StephenG]

The most obvious reason, because racecar.

[IggyEGuana]

i just removed the lines and left it open. no problems. a little fluid comes out for a few days or so. no big deal.

I originally deleted it cuz the pump and rack both leaked like hell and im not at all motivated to spend money on things i dont need.

the second time i did it was while i was actively drifting. I bent the rack (the actual rack inside the thing) in a practice event so i had to replace the rack and pinion. before installing the replacement I cleaned everything up. I modded it like in the manual steering thread. it was pretty easy. and i adjusted the rack pretension too how I wanted it. Worked awesome on the street and the track. Now that rack is on my notch. still great. GL

[BattleFairy]

the second time i did it was while i was actively drifting. I bent the rack (the actual rack inside the thing) in a practice event so i had to replace the rack and pinion. before installing the replacement I cleaned everything up. I modded it like in the manual steering thread. it was pretty easy. and i adjusted the rack pretension too how I wanted it. Worked awesome on the street and the track. Now that rack is on my notch. still great. GL

  finnaly some clear words