Young Maro

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I'm getting so fed up with all the problems with this alt relocation kit that I'm thinking about just deleting the damn power steering and just running the crank and alt.

Do you gain anything from deleting power steering besides a little weight reduction? Any significant HP gain? How bad is it driving with big tires and no power steering? I'll have 255/40/17 up front on a 9.5" rim, so not the biggest but still.


Is it as simple as just deleting the pump, or do I have to worry about converting the rack and other stuff?

Verz

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not sure what the magnitude of its advantage is but no power steering sucks it tight spaces

flippincamaro

iTrader: (23)

Dont delete it on a dd. it sucks.

FactoryPhil

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4 real man it sux, i dealt with No PS on my 93 Z28, not cool at all, probaly regret it so if you do keep parts you remove

Scott_97

Do not delete it! no ps blows. you might pick one or two rwhp but over all i dont think it is worth it

robsquikz28

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I have no p/s for 3 years now and I love it. I put on atleast 2k miles a year and drive it everywhere in the summer. Im a bigger guy and stronger than most, but even for me it does get rough when try to parallel park or pull into the garage. I also have a madman manual rack and I HAD 315s up front.....that **** wont happen again. The bigger the tire, the harder to turn the wheel. With my skinnies, which I have had for about 2 years now, is much easier to move the wheel.

carlos64030

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You're gonna gain some muscle, bro... MUSCLE!!!

SoxXpupPeT

iTrader: (34)

if your willing to delete the AC aswell it sounds like. just put the alternator where the AC is and put a pulley where the AC would mount up

Young Maro

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Yeah I'm used to driving without power steering, but that's on my little POS Escort winter beater. That things got 175/70/13 tires on it lol.

I don't mind driving w/o power steering, but I'm worried about doing powerslides and little drifts and not being able to crank the wheel.

hawk584

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i guess you could always put the Alternator back in it's factory location

Young Maro

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Can't, tall SBC valve covers to clear 1.6 rr's, no notch for alt

hawk584

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get a bigger hammer

LSWHO

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Can't you notch the alternator and the cover? That's my vote.

Young Maro

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Yeah but I just bought these super nice polished valve covers... I don't want to beat em up lol. And I love how clean the engine looks without the alt sitting right there. I'm going to go buy a tiny belt and bypass PS so I can try it out. I'll report back on how I like it.

Young Maro

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Alright so I got a 36" belt and went out for a drive with just the crank/alt running. HOLY HELL. I wasn't expecting it to be anywhere near that hard to turn the wheel man, even when you are cruising at 40 you have to give it some muscle just to change lanes lol.

Sadly I'm going to have to keep PS.....

camar0corey

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I'm disappointed to hear that even at speed there was a lot of effort to change lanes. I've been eyeballing mine for a while, but I was under the assumption that once the vehicle was in motion it wouldn't be bad.

hawk584

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do you want to drive the car or look at it?

1badzee

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PS is shot on my Formula.. It sucks ***. Not fun whatsoever. A bitch when making tight turns (even with 235's up front). I would not recommend it for a daily..

litch2004

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Just move the alternator down where the a/c compressor used to be on the factory accessory bracket.

SoxXpupPeT

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i already posted your solution. there are alot of people running the alternator down where the AC would be