Hey wanting to hear some experiences i'm building a VL up to do all strip work but will eventually get back on the street for some work. Debating whether to go to manual rack or retain the power steer. As far as i reckon i'm guessing manual would be better on the strip for more power and good feel in the steering, but i'm thinking the power might be safer on the street if a big step out needs to be corrected. What you guys reckon??

Manual for sure....the only thing power steer comes in good for is paralell parking but who cares anyways get those bloody muscles out and starting turning....and in regards to stepping out - with full power I think you will do that on the track also!

i'd go manual mate... power steering leaks to much (or mine does anyway)

Yep sounds good i'm def more keen on manual. I've never driven a real fast car without power steer, so i'm just wondering how easy you can steer it lets say your hanging it out one way with loads of oppy lock and then the arse goes the other way and you've gotta get the front wheels turned a lot in little time?? Also can you buy new or reco manual racks easy, and how much?

Im also undecided on this. Well im actually most likely going for the manual rack. Reasons are less things to go wrong and less stuff in the bay. Ive heard from a few people who said once they went to the manual rack they would never go back. Like you just wondering where to get a good manual rack from?

def power assisted, **** story steering a largish car with a spool! in a small rota is a differnt story

most ps rack are stuffed so when people convert they are amazed how much better it feels

Ive had a few quick cars with manual steering and I would much prefer it for its more precise road feel. You lose that through power steering. Once you are moving manual steering isnt an issue, even if it steps out its easy to steer. It can just be harder doing a 3 point turn. Ive got a heavy HQ with a spooled diff and its no hassle with manual steering. I also put a new rack in my BT1 when I had it and it was so light. Power steer if its a daily runaround but manual for anything else.

its too much of a ****fight to throw a manual rack around and change gears i had to fight my car at wakefield though it does have a good road feel, p/s on the other hand makes it so much easier for a street cruiser. im holding onto my manual rack just incase Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

iv had both in my wagon, after a few months it feels like power stearing anyway, then i went 2 p/s and i cld park with my pinky finger lol

if your doing alot of strip and not that much street, go manual, less weight, less things to f*** up, less chance of an embarassing oil down. manual steering does feel realy good when your moving, but less than 40kmh it starts to get annoing. my mate has manual in his, he laughs at me when i tell him to go power assisted.

Yeah i'm settled on going manual now for sure just gotta find a good one if anyones got one. And while we're talking about it does anyone know with the conversion what happens with the splines from the shaft of the steering column?

there is a different intermediate shaft for the manual racks. iv got a compleat rack sitting at home that i might throw back into the wagon if i end up keeping it

I've got a manual rack in my wagon and the only thing I don't like about it is the number of turns lock to lock, it's about 4.5. That's pretty bad when you're gutter to gutter However, it has to be that way or it would be crazy heavy. I know it's a bit off topic but I happen to have a VN PS rack lying around, anyone know off hand if it will bolt straight in? I'm pretty sure it's the same as the VL PS rack. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

So the intermediate shaft obviously i've gotta score one of these with a rack. Can you just change it at the uni joint or do you have to change the whole thing?

Quote: Originally Posted by RB2GO So the intermediate shaft obviously i've gotta score one of these with a rack. Can you just change it at the uni joint or do you have to change the whole thing? yeah u shld try and get them together - makes it heaps easyer. prety sure u cant change the uni joint, but then again i havnt had to try

I've had both in my car and around town powersteering makes a huge difference, but on the other hand manual steering does have a much better feel once you're moving, and its almost as light as the powersteering. As far as its use in high powered cars etc, im pretty sure twinvl uses a powersteering setup in his, but then again the weight reduction of a manual rack may pose a significant advantage.

Quote: Originally Posted by RB2GO So the intermediate shaft obviously i've gotta score one of these with a rack. Can you just change it at the uni joint or do you have to change the whole thing? I guess you could change it at the uni joint, but then you'd only be pulling apart a good manual one to join to your existing one wouldn't you.

I converted my SL to p/s, and the uni joint can't be changed. I ended up swapping steering columns (I had an executive that I was wrecking at the time). If you can separate the shaft from the steering column, then you can mate up the p/s rack. Otherwise, swap columns, then swap ignition barrels. Oh, and p/s. Manual sucks. Although p/s does drag on the motor a lil'...

^^wrong. u can seperate the intermediate shaft from the stearing column, the stearing columns are the same, just the shafts are different