Power steering pump ?'s
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Power steering pump ?'s I was curious as to if there was a difference between power steering pumps between years/models of LSx series vehicles, and how will it compare to my stock one (86 monte carlo). I know some vehicles came with electronic steering so Im wondering whether or not I need something special for the swap. Let me know. Thanks guys, Sam
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From: Downers Grove, IL
I used the 2001 truck power steering pump in my El Camino swap and it seems to work just fine. The pump does have a solenoid on it for some type of variable effort electronic steering, but I just left that unplugged so it always gets full pressure. I didn`t really notice any steering difference when I swapped from the gen I SBC to the LSx.
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Internally the power steering pump for the 2001 truck looks very similar to the 85 el camino power steering pump. The tank is differently shaped, but I don`t think that they updated the actual pump very much.
