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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Ruston, LA
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Electric power steering
I'm looking into running electric power steering on my '71 C10, BBC. Can anyone explain the set up and what the pros and cons are? Thanks.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Electric power steering
not to be a pain... but why would you want to run it, esp if you don't know what the pros and cons are?
I've honestly never even heard of electric power steering. |
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Location: Whitehorse YK Canada
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Re: Electric power steering
Well call it crazy but it appears lots of new cars are using it.
Good read... http://www.aa1car.com/library/steeri...r_electric.htm And where to buy it! Flaming River ![]()
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Re: Electric power steering
^^^^^^ holy crap what a price tag
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Re: Electric power steering
Finding out the pros and cons is how I will decide if I want to run it or not. A friend mentioned it to me and refered me to this site-
http://delphi.com/manufacturers/auto.../electric/eps/ |
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Re: Electric power steering
I guess we have found the first CON!
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Re: Electric power steering
thats for sure
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Re: Electric power steering
Thanks Northerngmc for the info and link. $5200 is definitly a con!
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Electric power steering
Wow... I was trying not to learn anything today.
With that price tag... I learned it is something I am not interested in. The HP loss is a bit misleading. The only time the old style pump will take that kind of power, is at full lock, and if you need 200+ horses whith the wheel at full lock, then you have other problems. Also, the claim that an electric item frees up power is also a bit misleading. More electricity used means more electricity needs to be produced, which puts a load on the engine. There's no such thing as free lunch |
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if they can make it so can I!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: birmingham, alabama
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Re: Electric power steering
does anyboody think you could use some of the new gm electric stuff .... some of the new front wheel drive stuff has it....guess well have to wait on the junk yards to get some more of them...lol
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Re: Electric power steering
Interesting concept.
Curiousity plus experimentation can lead to new inovations! |
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Re: Electric power steering
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a. has a vette worth drooling over, b. lots of wallet c. wants a more sanitary looking motor bay.
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Re: Electric power steering
Besides the vette, the newer Malibu's use the electric steering. Two things I have noticed driving one. To me you don't get a road feel in the wheel, which I like or am just use to. It also drives me crazy how the wheel can spin when the engine is off. It just don't seem natural to me.
In the car they seem OK. You can get use to the lack of road feel. I just wonder about the weight difference between a Malibu and a truck on how it would feel/respond though.
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Re: Electric power steering
Thanks everyone for the information and feedback. I think I'll just stay with what I have.
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Electric power steering
Even though my first responce comes off as a little bit of a smart A comment... you taught most of us something new.
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Re: Electric power steering
I work for an aftermarket warranty company and I can tell you GM has NOT perfected this yet. we replace so many GM steering column because the electric p steer motors go bad and theyre intigrated to the column itself. theyre on cobalts, g6, malibus and some other GM smaller and mid size vehicles
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Electric power steering
Sad thing is, GM SELDOM perfects anything before putting it in use on production vehicles.
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Re: Electric power steering
This old dog, for sure learned something new... The idea of using it in one of our trucks! Never hurts to throw new things out there.
Personally, I like the concept but it still scares me -and I've worked with electrical/electronic stuff all my life. |
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Electric power steering
i agree 100%
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: Electric power steering
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I see no problem with the design from GM and with some research I think I could come up with a way to retrofit it to our trucks. something else you should know is the GM system has a good mechanical link between the wheel and the steering gear. if the system fails you can steer the same but with increased effort, just like our old trucks if the belt flies off. but my main concern is if the motor can provide enough assist for heavier vehicles with bigger tires. |
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