Depowering my steering.
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I thought looping the lines was more about plugging up two holes with 1 piece of hose, reducing having to find caps and whatnot. Id still much rather fill the rack and plug it with a proper kit like Bill sells.
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Power rack has a tighter ratio.
I didn't plug or loop anything except the two circled fittings in that photo. You basically take the pump and reservoir out of the equation and loop those lines. Drain all the fluid, cut one fitting, one hoseclamp, done.
I didn't plug or loop anything except the two circled fittings in that photo. You basically take the pump and reservoir out of the equation and loop those lines. Drain all the fluid, cut one fitting, one hoseclamp, done.
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If you do the full depower and cut the piece inside the rack make sure you follow all the tourqe specs that FM has listed. Especially the one for 43in-lbs. I orginially did that bolt to tight and it made my steering way to hard. I then loosened it some and it got alot better.
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mazda/nissan: Are you talking about the wire that fits over the tiny shaft on the p/s pump?
I did this last September. One of the best mods for the track that costs basically nothing!
I bought the depowered rack kit from miataroadster. I couldn't get the smaller bolts off of the line, so I just looped the lines. I now have a "correctly" depowered rack that needs to be installed one day. I need to figure out the thread pitch on the big bolts.
I did this last September. One of the best mods for the track that costs basically nothing!
I bought the depowered rack kit from miataroadster. I couldn't get the smaller bolts off of the line, so I just looped the lines. I now have a "correctly" depowered rack that needs to be installed one day. I need to figure out the thread pitch on the big bolts.
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