Power steering weight mod

[Scott]

I have, but it was quite a long time ago. It was VERY heavy in comparison. When up to speed, it might be usable (or not) but in slow city driving, it would be unusable.

 

The guy from the US forum, tried a 10 ohm resistor, which resulted in heavier steering than the 8 ohm. I have not tried 10, as 8 feels very good to me.

 

As another person indicated, it would be possible to ad a variable resistor and even have a dial somewhere to shift between weighting. I choose not to, to avoid further wiring laying around the car but I definately see the point of having very light steering when parking or so and very heavy when going on track. For now though, the 8 ohm works very very well for me.

 

That sounds very promising. Strangely though, I had no issues with about town driving or parking with mine disconnected. Mine was just a bit heavier.

 

Manually variable would be fantastic.

[bodilx6]

That sounds very promising. Strangely though, I had no issues with about town driving or parking with mine disconnected. Mine was just a bit heavier.

 

Manually variable would be fantastic.

 

Strange. Might have something to do with tire choice but my 245 on 8J's up front shouldn't be an issue.

 

People can just try to disconnect and if that is good by then, then all is good. If they think it is to heavy, do the mod. It is cheap both in time and money, and in my mind one of the best in "£ to gain" factor, so I definately reccomend it.

 

A 10ohm and a potentionmeter or maybe a variable 50w resistor should be a simple thing to add to the interior. At least in theory. If you want to do that, it would be a hassle to go "my way" regarding the harness in the engine bay. In that case, I would suggest cutting into the harness next to the PPS ECU. With my size of hands and very limited qualifications with a soldering iron, that would just result in me never getting it done, as it is next to impossible getting in there.