vx220

if a car has power steering, how easy is it to remove?

is it as easy as losing the belt, removing the pump and presumably blocking a pipe/hole or two?

i once had to help push a car when the engine had died, and it took two of us to steer it (mondeo) as power steering obviously dead as well

James

so you wanna remove cos of the chance it might break? thats like saying you wanna remove the exhaust cos your worried it might break and be loud for a bit of time until you get it fixxed!

but in answer to your question, no, p/s and manaul racks work very differently, you'll need to get a manual rack fitted to your car.

xr4x4rs

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you would have to put a manual rack in depending if you can get one for that car

as if you removed the powersteering it would be like the mondeo as you described

vx220

no! a few of us are getting together to build a track car, initially an mk4 xr3i. but been offered an rs1800i, but has PAS. we'd all prefer non-PAS, and save a bit of weight. only used the mondeo incident as an example!

i posted about losing a brake servo a while ago, to the same effect...

make it raw!

but thanks for answers. nothings easy is it.

edit: would i be right in saying early rs1800i had no PAS? and i assume a FRST rack would fit?

thanks again

xr4x4rs

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so basically your fitting a zetec into a mk4 escort?

or are you doing a fez

if its an escort then the engine will go in and you just take the pump off the block

use the escort sterring rack

vx220

was going to be 3i, but we haven't bought one yet, then offered rs1800i.

but if we buy the 1800i, we don't want PAS.

i'm pretty sure i read somewhere early rs1800is don't have PAS

Paul_RS

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Thats right - early 1800's don't have PAS, so you should be able to get all the bits from them.

xr4x4rs

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or just use any fiesta mk3 sterring rack etc as there al teh same

luke89

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or look for a 16v 2i they never had PAS