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Posted by Blownhatch (Member # 167) on :
 
What are the benefits to manual steering?
 

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Posted by 87 Saleen (Member # 1549) on :
 
a hard steering wheel, if you call that a benifit.

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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Posted by blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
and its fun as hell to drive, IMO.
 

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Posted by Black94 5.0 (Member # 655) on :
 

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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.

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I'm impressed....
 

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Posted by JBeezy53 (Member # 3960) on :
 
Less sensitive steering at high speeds. Feels a lot better turning at high speeds.
 

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Posted by FordPny (Member # 510) on :
 
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.

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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Posted by 88DroptopGT (Member # 2535) on :
 
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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Posted by blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
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 ). 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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Posted by PurpleNotch (Member # 2902) on :
 
big arms are the benefits my steering is not that bad just hard when you are at a stop sign.
 

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