Originally Posted by
MarkN
That's potentially very dodgy..
Whoever made that has cut out the "collapsible can" safety section from the original Escort column. The whole point of it is if you have a front ender the steering column will collapse into the dash if your chest hits the steering wheel. With that section removed the column won't fold and your ribcage will collapse instead.
I'd rather have the collapsible section than PAS if it has to be one or the other. PAS isn't going to be much good to you if you're dead...
Irrelevant in this case, as the harnesses/cage should do their job. The way it is mounted in the car is totally different from std and it would just lever upwads if it was hit that hard. All the electric steering conversions for track cars I've seen use a solid setup.
I'm not convinced the collapsable can as you say does much. The steering wheel is bolted to the inner column which is solid anyway.
Rick