R33 Hicas Ecu Removal, Pas Effort, And Pas Solenoid

[Chris Wilson]

I have made and fitted a HICAS rack removal bar to my R33 GTS-t. (ftp://ftp.chriswilson.tv/hicas) I also removed the HICAS ecu. I now have the low PAS effort that would normally be the case at over 30 MPH or whatever, all the time. Is this speed monitoring controlled by the HICAS ecu which then energises the solenoid that controls the hydrauilic bypass in the rack? What I am getting at is, i can live with the increased low speed effort, but if it were simply a matter of linking a few wires and still doing without the HICAs ecu I'd put it back to stock. For this to be possible I would expect the engine ECU to have control, and i don't THINK that's the case? Cheers.