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50/50
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I was thinking about swapping out my Mustangs power steering to a manual. It's for my 1991 5.0
If anyone here did a swap for theirs please tell me how is it like. Did the car gain some horse power?
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Previously named: VenGeance, 5LiterFever, 50cal.
Drive safely. You wanna drive in it. Not DIE in it.
Posts: 499 | From: Stockton | Registered: Aug 2002
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93coupessp
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If you drive your car all the time and your pretty much fully weighted don't do it only thing you'll benefit from is an arm workout
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Posts: 1919 | From: Hell | Registered: May 2008
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SLOWBACK 67
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Yes you will pick up some HP because it's one less thing having to be spun by the motor. As far as manual steering goes..... Everyone has their opinion. I personally am not a real big guy and it has never really be a big deal to me. You really can't palm it when your going in and out of parking spots, but average speed turns are t a problem at all.
On the plus side it's one less part you have to think about leaking. ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
Posts: 8582 | From: Vallejo | Registered: Dec 2005
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cemelevu
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Originally posted by Slowback67:
On the plus side it's one less part you have to think about leaking.
This is why I am doing mine. Currently the power rack is leaking like a mo-fo.
I don't daily drive mine so I don't think it will be that big of a deal.
Posts: 474 | Registered: Jan 2011
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I had a flaming river manual rack for awhile and I liked it and hated it for different reasons.
I liked the feel while at speed, I liked that I never had any p/s pump whine, and it had some extra power to the wheels.
I didn't like how much of a PITA parallel parking was with it.
I didn't like how much you have to turn the wheel to make the wheels turn, direction changed require 1.5-2x more steering wheel movement than the p/s setup, maybe 3x more? I felt like I was in an old movie car chase scene whenever I went to the track and had to get through a chicane or S section, I was throwing the wheel around and around from one side to the other, where in my `97 it was just a flick right, flick left, no drama and never have to cross my arms over.
to each there own, I wouldn't do it unless it was a track only drag car.
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Posts: 8521 | From: Fairfield | Registered: Jul 2003
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