Looping Power steering rack?
Looping Power steering rack? 
Hi all I have a 97 Z/28 that is strictly a track car with an LT1 in it. I am looking to drop weight in the car. right now I am interested in doing the Alt. relocation and going to manual steering. I don't want to put out the money right now for a manual rack and want to know has anyone done the looping to convert power rack to manual (I understand not actually converting to manual), or at least delete power steering pump and reservoir? I run skinnies on the front and don't really care about being harder to turn. what is the process? in the future I will go to a tubular K Member and manual rack at that time.
I did all of that last year and am very happy with it. Lots more room in the engine bay with the low mount alt bracket and no power steering. With the skinnies i can turn mine just fine also. It is all very easy to do. There is a way to convert the rack. I just bled it out and looped it.
waltsfastz what does your 383 run n/a? and how much spray to get your posted et? I'm looking to go mid 10's I am at 11.75@118 on 1.71 50' N/A but since that time I went to a 9" and th400 with protorque 3800 stall and t brake not done yet. . curious how big a shot I will need
I took the lines off and set a drain pan under it and turned the wheel back and fourth about 40 times. All the fluid comes out the fittings into the pan. Then i cut the ends of the old lines off right after the nut that screws into the rack. I flared them and put a rubber hose on connecting them.
I took the lines off and set a drain pan under it and turned the wheel back and fourth about 40 times. All the fluid comes out the fittings into the pan. Then i cut the ends of the old lines off right after the nut that screws into the rack. I flared them and put a rubber hose on connecting them.
Thanks. sounds easy enough
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Verdad Gallardo waltsfastz what does your 383 run n/a? and how much spray to get your posted et? I'm looking to go mid 10's I am at 11.75@118 on 1.71 50' N/A but since that time I went to a 9" and th400 with protorque 3800 stall and t brake not done yet. . curious how big a shot I will need
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I'm looped here too, also did the low mount alt, but instead of the one engineered for the LT1, I bought the significantly cheaper generic SBC low mount alt bracket. Took a bit of DIY to get it to work, and a couple attempts at getting the belt length correct, but I love it now. I have sticky 245's on the front and low speed turning is interesting, but doable.