Removing the powersteering.

1. Cainevtr Regular Poster Joined: May 2008 Posts: 249

   #1 26th September 2008, 08:21

   I've been thinking about removing the powersteering pump ect, if i do is it likely to free up the revs abit? surely the powersteering pump will take up abit of power from the engine and therefore slow it down? or not let it run up as fast?
   
   thanks
2. deks36 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2008 Herne Bay. Kent Posts: 3881 Peugeot 307, Nissan Juke, 206 Grand tourisme

   #2 26th September 2008, 08:24

   cant answer about revs but is poss it is an electric pump but if you remove it you will need to change rack aswell for a non pas one
3. AdamH Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2004 South Posts: 3638

   #3 26th September 2008, 08:34

   change the rack for a non pas setup
   
   wont really give you any gains apart from a better better feel around track
4. HardcoreSax Newbie Joined: Dec 2002 Doncaster Posts: 13 Saxo VT-R (Work in progress)

   #4 26th September 2008, 11:38

   Yes in theory there should be some gain by removing the PAS pump, as you're reducing the load on the engine, but I'd imagin it would be that small that you wouldn't notice it.
   
   You don't need to change the rack for a non pas rack you can just remove the pump and the ram from your current rack.
   
   If you did want to use a non pas rack you'd also need a non pas steering column as they're slightly longer.
   Really it wouldn't be ideal to used a non pas rack from a base model Saxo though as they're a slower ratio than the pas rack.
5. snottybadger Frequent Poster Joined: May 2008 Cumbria Posts: 526 2000 VTS

   #5 27th September 2008, 09:42

   I'm guessing a non-pas set up is a fair bit lighter too?
   
   Which model non pas would be best?
   
   Would a AX GTi/GT one be any good?
6. AdamH Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2004 South Posts: 3638

   #6 27th September 2008, 10:11

   think mines from a 1.1 106