Hmmmm... I think that's very neat. I love experiments! :thumbsup:

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Oh and another nice side effect made the engine bay look cleaner.

 

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I have those same pedals! (i think)

That is pretty badass though..must be really smooth

 

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Wow it looks so empty. Can't say I've ever seen those pumps removed.

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very nice!! So what did you do with the rack and pinion leaking? Since you still need a rack and pinion what did you end up doing? new and route the outlet into the inlet?


curious on prices for these so i typed in "electronic power steering" on ebay and the first like 10 items were all saturn vues LOL

 

You nailed it, looped the lines so there could be air flow between the chambers and added grease in the rack as to avoid any squeaking noises.

The units really are not to pricey plus the controller around $200.

 

Except those GM units are very failure prone, usually they just stop assisting or overheat during parking lot driving and loose assist till they cool down. I'm not so sure I'd trust it on the autocross track. There are other makes with more reliable units like Nissan, Toyota, Mitsu, etc. GM as an early adopter had issues, especially in the Cobalts. Even Ford's units were problem plagued and some new models still have weird issues. Of them all though, I think Nissan has the best road feel.

You could have done a setup like Toyota (did) or Mazda does and used an electric pump to push fluid as needed. My moms 2010 3 has that and Toyota did for the MK2 MR2.

 

Fluids were my problem, so not a solution for me, also most all of these units are made by koyo, and damn near make racks for everyone even the stock one in the 3g. I did test mine pretty intensively with no issues. But the true test will be when I get down to High Prairie Raceway, we will see if it holds up. The fact it was made for an suv and is now in a car it may not work as hard as it normally would.

 

Fluids were my problem, so not a solution for me, also most all of these units are made by koyo, and damn near make racks for everyone even the stock one in the 3g. I did test mine pretty intensively with no issues. But the true test will be when I get down to High Prairie Raceway, we will see if it holds up. The fact it was made for an suv and is now in a car it may not work as hard as it normally would.

Good point. It'll be interesting to see the results, you can always hack it up to add extra cooling to it as well. If I remember correctly the motor itself has a thermal diode, simply adding an 80mm fan to blow into the motor windings or at the power controller may help a lot. There's literally NO airflow under the dash to cool those things down.

 

That's crazy you couldn't get the rack to seal. What's the next big thing for the blue bomber?

 

Flight or flux capacitor

 

Both are really good options :ndance:

 

Good to see there are still innovators in this platform. :yesway: