b101uk Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Not having had a land rover with PAS (I hate PAS) I am looking at getting an early td5 90 Anyone know if its possible to reduce the pressure that the pump supplies to the steering box in order to stiffen up the steering to give it more feel rather than the sensation-less girly overly light steering that 200/300tdi & td5’s are afflicted with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I wouldn't call the steering overly light. That's the province of rice burners usually. You could try fitting a 10" steering wheel .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 To be honest, I don't think any Defender is going to have what I would call 'light' steering.... I know compared to other cars I've owned (Ford Focus and Vauxhal Corsa) it's still pretty heavy despite the PAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmatt Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 To be honest, I don't any Defender is going to have what I would call 'light' steering....I know compared to other cars I've owned (Ford Focus and Vauxhal Corsa) it's still pretty heavy despite the PAS Hahahaha I know exactly why b101uk finds defender steering light. welcome over to the darkside sir!! another Mr Bullmans arbtalkers here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b101uk Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Well I had up until Nov last year been a land rover 90 owner since 1991, the Non PSA 90/110 land rovers I consider “just right” so I wont my PAS to have the same responsive feeling as NON PAS boxes. The resion I hate PAS is it is seldom done correctly so isolates the driver from the road to much just as a steering damper dose, have driven enough LR products over the years to know that they are overly light for fast road driving or for technical off road driving. Also I was thinking halving the pressure would also reduce the HP requirement that the PAS needs giving better fuel economy & because the pressure is reduced then flow at the lower pressure would increase at the same given rpm. Hi Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkw90 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Could you not just fit a non PAS steering box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roybatty666 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Could you not just fit a non PAS steering box This is what I was going to say, the mount points are pretty universal it is just the hose etc that is an issue when mixing PAS boxes so sticking in an early 90 non PAS box should be a doddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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