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Old 28-03-2010, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Daniel Clement rs turbo
Hi, I have a fiesta rs turbo that I'd like to put power steering into it, the engine and gearbox was taking out and put into a 96 mk4 fiesta, so steering rack out of a mk4 along with the steering column.. But what else do I need and is it possible to do? Will also post pictures of the car later on,
thanks for any help that I can get, Danny..
at a gues, p/s pump , longer belt, fluid bottle, all the pipe work, probably not worth botheriing
Old 28-03-2010, 02:19 PM
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yes u can but u dont need all the pump, pipes, fluid. you can down the route of a electric kit from a pug not sure of model tho i will find out for ya
Old 28-03-2010, 02:27 PM
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the thing is with the elec kit you can still use ur old rack just have to modifie the colume a little bit as it will fit close to the steering wheel
Old 28-03-2010, 10:31 PM
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What abot the corsa power steering people do? Mk2 Owners (escort) and some other do it?
Old 31-03-2010, 05:01 PM
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I would personally just buy some weights and get your muscles up a bit. I never found my FRST steering heavy even when jumping straight from my daily driver with PAS
Old 31-03-2010, 05:04 PM
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either get to the gym,or find out if the later fiesta 3.5 came with one
Old 31-03-2010, 05:06 PM
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The Fiesta Mk3 1.4Si with the CVH had PAS.

Anybody else noticed with the electric GM PAS that the car often has lighter steering in one direction than the other?
Old 31-03-2010, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Oranoco
Anybody else noticed with the electric GM PAS that the car often has lighter steering in one direction than the other?
Yes, thought it was me imagining it. Wasn't really badly noticable, but you could tell when manouvering the Corsa we had at work around the yard. I also noticed that it steered like a weightless, vague, horrible piece of snide while on the move to.
Old 31-03-2010, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Silver'Scort
weightless, vague, horrible piece of snide
That's just Corsa's generally isn't it? My missus has a Corsa C and it really is an unbelievable piece of automotive excrement. Also use Vauxhall's at work as our pool cars. Driving them is the only time I'm jealous of the mongs stood at the bus stop
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Lmao, I think it probably to be honest chap, they should probably come with a health warning from the government, expressing the risk of falling asleep at the wheel from driving such a mind-numbingly dull vehicle.
Haha i used to drive past the bus stop in it, and the folk stood there in the cold and pissing rain used to laugh at me!!
Probably didnt help that it was possibly the Gayest coloured car i've ever seen as well.
Old 31-03-2010, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Oranoco
My missus has a Corsa C and it really is an unbelievable piece of automotive excrement.
I miss-read that as Automotive Excellence lol!

So its "missus" now is it! Glad to see you got over the last one mate.
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We're taking it slow, I'm in no rush to make the same mistakes again, or make a whole load of new ones. She's a smashing lass, we get on well so we'll just see where it goes.
Old 31-03-2010, 07:45 PM
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you have to move to steer any car, even a modern focus will struggle to turn from lock to lock if its not moving
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