Madmans steering rack and daily driving?
Madmans steering rack and daily driving? I was thinking about getting this rack along with dropping my AC. How hard is it to steer? Is it like not having power steering at all?
Hey and what is involved with dropping the AC and all the lines etc? Does anyone have a write up on this? I plan on dropping the power steering too so any info on that would help too.
I got PA Racings Kmember/Aarms combo too if it matters.
Hey and what is involved with dropping the AC and all the lines etc? Does anyone have a write up on this? I plan on dropping the power steering too so any info on that would help too.
I got PA Racings Kmember/Aarms combo too if it matters.
Re: Madmans steering rack and daily driving? I have his steering rack and it isnt bad unless ur at a dead stop and even then it isnt as bad as having no power steering. U feel a lot of rough bumps through the steering wheel. But nothing to complain about. Dont forget the short belt.
excelent quality. Can't wait to take it to the track sat!
<small>[ January 30, 2003, 01:23 AM: Message edited by: T/A Medic ]</small>
excelent quality. Can't wait to take it to the track sat!
<small>[ January 30, 2003, 01:23 AM: Message edited by: T/A Medic ]</small>
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Re: Madmans steering rack and daily driving? Well, I have a manual steering rack, but not madman.
Sometimes I run my skinnies (175 80 15's) and driving everyday was easy.
Sometimes I switch to 225 50 16's in front. Parking lots suck, but it is doable.
You learn to drive differently.
You learn to stop 5-10 feet before your turns, hit the gas and drive foward first to get the front tires moving, then turn the wheel.
One benifit is your arms do get bigger.
As for ditching A/C, I just started yanking lines off my v6. It was quite easy, maybe 2 hrs max!!
Sometimes I run my skinnies (175 80 15's) and driving everyday was easy.
Sometimes I switch to 225 50 16's in front. Parking lots suck, but it is doable.
You learn to drive differently.
You learn to stop 5-10 feet before your turns, hit the gas and drive foward first to get the front tires moving, then turn the wheel.
One benifit is your arms do get bigger.
As for ditching A/C, I just started yanking lines off my v6. It was quite easy, maybe 2 hrs max!!
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Re: Madmans steering rack and daily driving? i have the MADMAN rack and its fairly easy to turn. i can palm the wheel when im moving, but i do run skinnies. but i also have a very small steering wheel(13"). maybe you could drive around for a week with the short belt mod and then put the rack on and it would feel like ps again <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
Re: Madmans steering rack and daily driving? Hey thanks for the replies! I have PA racings Kmember/Aarm combo and with the 9.5 in rims in front I think it may be a little more challenging. I have a crappy alignment done and with the negative camber the tires seem to "wander" when barreling down the freeways at any speed.
Im worried that without the powersteering that it would be difficult to fight that "wandering". I wanna get this thing into the 3300s though. As for the AC anyone have a right up on the removal of this along with the powersteering?
How about the EGR too?
Im worried that without the powersteering that it would be difficult to fight that "wandering". I wanna get this thing into the 3300s though. As for the AC anyone have a right up on the removal of this along with the powersteering?
How about the EGR too?
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Re: Madmans steering rack and daily driving? </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Importdestroyer:
<strong> Hey thanks for the replies! I have PA racings Kmember/Aarm combo and with the 9.5 in rims in front I think it may be a little more challenging. I have a crappy alignment done and with the negative camber the tires seem to "wander" when barreling down the freeways at any speed.
Im worried that without the powersteering that it would be difficult to fight that "wandering". I wanna get this thing into the 3300s though. As for the AC anyone have a right up on the removal of this along with the powersteering?
How about the EGR too? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">removing the ac is fairly straight forward. if you have a way to capture the freon, do that. but i just vented into atmisphere(it gets hot in the summer time here you know). when you get down there, you will see what to remove. the ps is another story. there are 3 bolts. one on either side of the pump, and one on top. theyre the bolts that hold the bracket to the heads. dont remove the pump from the bracket. get the 2 lower bolts first. then get the top one as the pump and bracket will wonder off with the bolt. you will have to grind down an open end wrench to get the top bolt. once you do that, its easy.
<strong> Hey thanks for the replies! I have PA racings Kmember/Aarm combo and with the 9.5 in rims in front I think it may be a little more challenging. I have a crappy alignment done and with the negative camber the tires seem to "wander" when barreling down the freeways at any speed.
Im worried that without the powersteering that it would be difficult to fight that "wandering". I wanna get this thing into the 3300s though. As for the AC anyone have a right up on the removal of this along with the powersteering?
How about the EGR too? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">removing the ac is fairly straight forward. if you have a way to capture the freon, do that. but i just vented into atmisphere(it gets hot in the summer time here you know). when you get down there, you will see what to remove. the ps is another story. there are 3 bolts. one on either side of the pump, and one on top. theyre the bolts that hold the bracket to the heads. dont remove the pump from the bracket. get the 2 lower bolts first. then get the top one as the pump and bracket will wonder off with the bolt. you will have to grind down an open end wrench to get the top bolt. once you do that, its easy.
