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Corsa Sport » Message Board » Help Zone, Modification and ICE Advice » New here, quick question:- Can I fit power steering to a non powersteered Corsa B » Post Reply
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Jafster |
posted on 14th May 03 at 00:41 |
500 quid for power steering ??-id rather flex my muscles and make do | |
Adam_lee |
posted on 13th May 03 at 21:52 |
Your perfectly correct! but only when the motor is under load. In a straight line its probably gonna use bugger all power. Where as the pumps always being driven? hmmm, but then again the pump only meets load when turning the wheel. Err. not sure you know? good point! but i recon the EPS is still gonna sap less power than a pump? no way of knowing i suppose. Oh well, id still go for EPS. | |
Cursa |
posted on 13th May 03 at 18:30 |
quote: Of course it will. Admittedly probably not as much as the pump, but where do you suppose this electricity comes from!? Have you never seen the rev counter dip when you switch your headlights on when sitting still? The extra load on the electrical sysem makes the alternator more difficult to turn. | |
Brett |
posted on 13th May 03 at 15:20 |
sweet...will be making another phone call me reckons | |
Dan_Corsa |
posted on 13th May 03 at 15:09 |
yep this was at vauxhall and mine is eps | |
Adam_lee |
posted on 13th May 03 at 14:56 |
Would it not be easyer to fit the Electronic Power Steering (EPS) system found on later models to the car? You wouldent need the pump and resivoir and all the pipeing? Suppose you might need an ecu and a loom though? But another good aspect is that it wouldent drain the little engine of any more power like a pump will. | |
Brett |
posted on 13th May 03 at 12:48 |
quote: was this at vauxhall? | |
Tam the diesel man |
posted on 13th May 03 at 12:37 |
i heard you can use a corsa pwoer steering rack and a pug or saxo electric motor or something. got the details here somewhere, post it when i find it | |
Dan_Corsa |
posted on 13th May 03 at 12:34 |
they charged me 500 quid fitted,so if u can find a corsa with power steering for less than 500 i'll take it | |
Brett |
posted on 13th May 03 at 10:35 |
i called vaux up about this. | |
cobra148 |
posted on 13th May 03 at 10:28 |
Why fit power steering in a Corsa? I can't see how the work/cost will justify the benefit :o | |
Monster-Sri |
posted on 13th May 03 at 08:50 |
How much did it cost through vaux dan? | |
Dan_Corsa |
posted on 13th May 03 at 07:34 |
yeah i bought a bottom of the range 1.0 12v envoy corsa and had vauxhall fit me power steering | |
kenryso |
posted on 13th May 03 at 07:29 |
I have told by Vauxhall that I could fit power steering to a non PAS corsa. | |
Ryan L |
posted on 12th May 03 at 22:11 |
its also good if your a wimp | |
Kris TD |
posted on 12th May 03 at 21:34 |
oh another thing, drove my bros car, it is better at slow speeds but you cant really noice it once moving, good for parking :) | |
Kris TD |
posted on 12th May 03 at 21:33 |
ive been looking at doing this, you will need, rack, resovoir, all the piping, the pump (needs to be the right one). luckily i have my bros car to copy it, looks quite hard to get to the rack though, scared i may have to remove half the engine to get to it :( | |
lotus astra |
posted on 12th May 03 at 21:28 |
Wife has a Corsa B 1.2 8v :) she would like power steering! Been offered a rack, I would need also a resevior etc!! However, I believe that they drain quite a bit of engine power! So....could I pull off an electric rack from a Corsa C and put it on the B and upgrade the battery!???? |