how does a 240 feel without power steering

[One_Love]

id like to hear from people who have swapped and sr and had to remove the power steering

[smokey240sx]

I had no problems while driving. Parking was a PITA.

[twofourzeroSX]

i took my belts off cause they kept comming loose one day......IT SUCKS. the belt went right on the next morning. id suggest keeping PS if you can

[siks13sr]

I dont think its too bad, i guess you kinda get used to it after a while.

[BaliLover]

Driving with no PS is easy, but as already said, parking sucks bawls. You get to fight to turn the wheel, work the gas, clutch and look out your backwindow while backing up. This is simple with PS because it requires almost no effort on the steering wheel, but without PS it takes some work to turn the wheel when the car isn't rolling.

[NIGHTfall_240sx]

tis no different then any other car without ps

keep it... its worth the extra work when the swap happens

[mallbor240SR]

feels ok, i guess learning to drive in an old 77 toyota corona w/0 power steering helped me a lot, but you'll get used to it, you just have to use two hands when making turns at low speed, it may be worst for those who like to use their cell phone while driving.

[deCksy]

feels ****ty without ps due to the fact that our racks are made for ps.... so its a bit harder, but still driveable as stated by others... parkin sucks

[ILikeMy240sx]

In s14, without PS, it's really not that bad but parking is a bit of a paint.

In S13, you better be doing alot of highway driving. It sucks donkey balls for city driving and parking

[Valley]

cutting belt isn't the same as losing the whole system, you're fighting the pump which makes it very hard... much harder than without a pump.

[bdrifta]

Yea...my HPL blew off randomly one day...and it sux....bad...try to retain it if you can...its definetly worth it. besides it super easy with the motor out.

[One_Love]

thanks guys for all your responses, im gonna try to keep ps.

[luv2spedup]

I dont think its too bad, i guess you kinda get used to it after a while.

what he said i've been doin it for about 3 yrs

[karmakaze]

if there was a manual rack that could be put in my car (s14) i would of gone that route. but driving a car without powersteering but with a power steering rack is not the same.

[95lstegman]

cutting belt isn't the same as losing the whole system, you're fighting the pump which makes it very hard... much harder than without a pump.

VERY true. email me [email protected] and i'll teach you how to modify your power steering system CORRECTLY to function as a proper non-power system. once you do, it feels almost like power steering only with 3-4 times the feedback from the road and it's about 2-3 times as hard to turn <3mph, but it's very easy compared to removing the p/s belt or something. even easier than simply looping the p/s pump lines to each other.

[skillzilla]

I looked into modding a 280Z manual steering rack to work with the S13 crossmember and steering shaft, but opted to work in power steering. You might want to check that out, I believe any of the 70's Z cars are the same.

[shyon]

Not having power steering is better if your a beggining drifter. Most beginners tend to over-steer if they have power steering.

[spider_slayer]

Not having power steering is better if your a beggining drifter. Most beginners tend to over-steer if they have power steering.

i thought oversteer was the point of drifting; correct me if wrong.

anyway, i would have to say if its a city driven car then powersteering is t3h w1n. and besides, when going to the track you can always jsut take the belt off.

[stevesrt4]

A lot of it depends on what kind of tires/wheels your running to. I had on a pair of steeles that where waaay out of balance so my buddy brought his steeles over and boy what a difference same rim/steelie but he had on a nicer tire... damn you can really feel the difference. I Imagine with a lighter rim it would be easier too.

[dcmxsa]

i like it..u get used to it..when drifting u cant just let go of the wheel, its easy to get used to.

[srdrps13]

i had a bad rack and pinion and had no power steering before i had it replaced... i didn't like it at all.. felt like heaven when i had it back again haha