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Blownhatch
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What are the benefits to manual steering?
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a hard steering wheel, if you call that a benifit. [Wink]

My assumption would be, less weight on the front from not having a p.s pump, and less parasitic lag from having to run it.

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and its fun as hell to drive, IMO.

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quote:
Originally posted by 87 Saleen:


My assumption would be, less weight on the front from not having a p.s pump, and less parasitic lag from having to run it.
I'm impressed.... [Big Grin]

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Less sensitive steering at high speeds. Feels a lot better turning at high speeds.

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PITA and not worth it in a street driven cars,

Being able to talk on the phone eat macdonalds do a uturn and shift gears at the same time is priceless. [worship]

Seriously thou drive a car without PS for a while and youll definetly appreciate it.

[ July 16, 2004, 01:57 AM: Message edited by: FordPny ]

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Less weight off the front end, and more responsive steering at high speeds.

No more wandering feeling. I'm all over that.
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my coupe follows ruts on the freeway like crazy. Basically it has a great feel when I'm driving fast on a windy road (92, 84, 1...basically in my neighborhood [dance] ). But doing u-turns, or like fordpny said, trying to use a cell phone and drive around at low speeds (plus shift) is a pain in the neck.

my coupe has the flaming river manual rack kit on it.

Engine bay looks a whole lot cleaner with it too.

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big arms are the benefits my steering is not that bad just hard when you are at a stop sign. [patriot]

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