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Subject:Re: manual steering - more questions - longish
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:08:11 -0400
At 04:22 AM 6/12/2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>>#1) The rack of course is different.
>>#2) The spindles are different
>>#3) The lower control arms are different
>>#4) The steering linkage is different
>>#5) And of course there is the pump and hoses.
>>#6) To top it off the steering wheel on the power steering is smaller
>>diameter.

The power-steering ones had faster steering (fewer turns lock-to-lock).  I
think you can fit the power much more easily if you leave the steering
ratio alone and simply make it a powered version of the manual-steering setup.

david

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