james13

So from what i have gathered the stock 240 power steering pump has to be used to avoid blowing the seals on the 240 rack.

Is there anyone using a from the LSx on the stock 240 rack?

has anyone tried using the GTO rack and LSx pump?

Sabre002

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Use the LS1 pump and cut the 2 coils off the spring in the pump we have done it with the RX7's works great. pull the fitting out of the presure side of the pump and you will find a piston check ball and a spring thats the one you need to take 2 coils off. What pressure does the 240 rack run at?

natedawg

odd i've never heard of problems with it. mines been going strong for 3 or 4 months now.

daftdrifting

mines been running strong for 9 months and no issues! lsx power steering with 240sx s13 rack with p/s cooler.

james13

did either of you 240 guys have to modify the pump like sabre?

daftdrifting

nope!! run a cooler or your pump will not last too long i can tell you that !

417 Motorsports

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you dont need a cooler to go in a straight line

mikespeed95

iTrader: (1)

im running no cooler, ls1 pump, 15 year old s13 rack. no issues.

all my car does is break, get fixed, go to the track, do huge burnouts, drift, go to shop, do huge burnouts, go to track again, something breaks, dont wash or rinse but repeat.

james13

shut it.




thanks for the help guys!

fouz65

stock ls1 pump, stock 240 rack, no cooler, over one year of DD driving, no problems.
and i havent heard of anyone having problems. im sure a could use a cooler.

LS240sx

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I ran just an extra lone steel braided line between my two fittings and it seems to cool the PS quite well. It runs towards the front of the car so air does hit it.

natedawg

redline p/s fluid... i've been going for months now. no cooler.

Slo_240sx

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Stock LS1 pump and Stock 240 Rack. Street driven with no cooler and havent had a problem. If I were doing some competitive driving like drifting or a road course then a cooler would go on.

daftdrifting

mine failed when i was at a event contant runs at 6k rpm about 3 hours or drifting with 20 minute brakes every 30 minutes. pump went out. if you notice the ls1 in a fbody runs into that pipe that runs inline with the coolant ? that tells me that coolant is used to cool down the p/s fluid running in that tube. so if you running 180 degree on the coolant then p/s must be alot hotter ? i did some daily driving and tested it and measured 120 degree. You all may be fine without a cooler.. but then again maybee my pump waqs just bad ? i dont know.

NemeSS

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that is a ps fluid cooler, found on some ls1 fbodys, but not all, mostly
ss and ws6,

Kamin

im using a stock rack and pump. also a GIANT cooler

im still getting boilover issues on track tho. need to address that...

icantdrift

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using stock ls1 pump and stock s13 rack, small cooler, ATF for fluid. one year of drifting and no problems other than blowing my home made lines apart a couple times.

Hersker Hans

im using a gto engine in mye 240 sx, it doesn seem like my pump is delivering enough pressure to give sufficent powersteering. it works above 3500 rpm, below that its on powersteering.

Hersker Hans

do you have any idea why mye 2004 GTO pump doesnt give me sufficient power steering?

daftdrifting

do you have it hooked up right ? did you bleed it properly ?