Power Steering Delete...Bad Idea ?
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If you have any friends with an Evo get them to let you drive in a big, empty parking lot and turn the key off while doing ....say 20 and try and turn!!! Almost impossible! I learned this lesson by the Good ole HKS BOV! lol After the second time i almost crashed when the car died in the middle of a turn i sold that piece!
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any compitent mechanic/machine shop will be able to pull what's left of that banjo bolt out of the pump. They will be able to pull it out for under $30.
The Evo has an EXTREMELY tight steering ratio. It is not like other cars you have driven without power steering. you can't compare a honda with 185 series tires and a 4 turn lock to lock to an Evo with 235 series tires and a 2 turn lock to lock. ("I've picked up a cat before and it was easy to do bending my knees, so I should be able to pick up an Elephant... there both mammals, right?")
They are two different beasts... Fix the pump, it's your only option.
The Evo has an EXTREMELY tight steering ratio. It is not like other cars you have driven without power steering. you can't compare a honda with 185 series tires and a 4 turn lock to lock to an Evo with 235 series tires and a 2 turn lock to lock. ("I've picked up a cat before and it was easy to do bending my knees, so I should be able to pick up an Elephant... there both mammals, right?")
They are two different beasts... Fix the pump, it's your only option.
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Thanks CO for the link to that pump but if you look at it where the hose connectts and that metal piece is sticking up thats the bolt that broke. It not that the bolt broke inside the pump its that for what ever reason when he went to take it off the top of it is a bolt that your untightening and some how it snapped the bolt that the power steering line is bolted to. The bolt is what im talking about. The threaded part on top is what snapped. I had a diagram i was going to post but the file is to big to attach.
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No its not i have drove 3 evo without power steering and its fine to drive on the street once the car is moving your alright.
BUT one day you will need to jerk your wheel to change lanes and you might not make it in time. Therefore carshing your car and once again raise insurance rates.
So bottom line if you havnt driven a car daily without power steering dont take the risk. My friends 1973 R100 Mazda is just as stiff as the evo's and that car has been crashed 3 times because he couldnt turn the wheel quick enough to avoid what was on the road.
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No its not i have drove 3 evo without power steering and its fine to drive on the street once the car is moving your alright.
BUT one day you will need to jerk your wheel to change lanes and you might not make it in time. Therefore carshing your car and once again raise insurance rates.
So bottom line if you havnt driven a car daily without power steering dont take the risk. My friends 1973 R100 Mazda is just as stiff as the evo's and that car has been crashed 3 times because he couldnt turn the wheel quick enough to avoid what was on the road.
BUT one day you will need to jerk your wheel to change lanes and you might not make it in time. Therefore carshing your car and once again raise insurance rates.
So bottom line if you havnt driven a car daily without power steering dont take the risk. My friends 1973 R100 Mazda is just as stiff as the evo's and that car has been crashed 3 times because he couldnt turn the wheel quick enough to avoid what was on the road.
BUT
you proceed to say in daily driving instances (quick swerving to avoid a braking car) it's not safe
you are moron and once again I repeat
no power steering on an evo should be strictly for a drag application
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okay let me think about this...you tell me it's NOT a drag race only application
BUT
you proceed to say in daily driving instances (quick swerving to avoid a braking car) it's not safe
you are moron and once again I repeat
no power steering on an evo should be strictly for a drag application
BUT
you proceed to say in daily driving instances (quick swerving to avoid a braking car) it's not safe
you are moron and once again I repeat
no power steering on an evo should be strictly for a drag application
#28
I did know people would get so offended about asking such a simple thing. It was like i just called your mom a Fat **** or something. All i did was ask an opinion of how it would be and if there anything i needed to get. Also in the manual it says that car is equipped to drive with out power steering so i guess mitsu must have thought it may not be needed for everyone and there application.
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I did know people would get so offended about asking such a simple thing. It was like i just called your mom a Fat **** or something. All i did was ask an opinion of how it would be and if there anything i needed to get. Also in the manual it says that car is equipped to drive with out power steering so i guess mitsu must have thought it may not be needed for everyone and there application.