I am doing a engine conversion in my car and thinking of depowering the factory steering rack to give some extra clearance and rid a few bits from the engine bay. I wanted some feedback from any of you out there driving street cars like this as I am a little concerned that it will become very heavy to steer and I might regret it?
Thanks in advance.
Lee
To carry this conversion out safely you need a gen 2 RX-7 EGI non turbo rack as just removing the power puts strain on the rack in the wrong manner
I have been told in the past that doing it this way has led to the rack actually breaking :(
Really? That doesn't sound like a straight swap? I presume the non-turbo gen 2 rack is still a power unit just stronger? I read up how to depower it properly, removing the seals etc. Maybe I will just stick with the powered rack if it's a.a headache!
No the EGI came in most cases as non power steering and from memory its a direct replacement for the FD rack
This is an old old FD mod so there must be trace of it out there on the internet.
Hope this helps
Perfect.. Thanks for that info.. I will see what I can find out. At least I can keepy power rack just in case!