Power Steering Heavy Due To No Speedo

[45LDE]

ok iv put a rb25 box into my r32 and im not gonna hook the speedo up at this stage.

now iv been reading the power steering gets a input from the speedo

is there a way to earth this out so its lighter again?

[45LDE]

any one?

[fletch rb30]

this is my impression-

there is a solenoid on the rack that makes the steering lighter when its got power. This solenoid is on at low speed to make steering easy when parking etc, and as soon as you get some speed on, it turns off to make it stiffer.

I think this is the case as i have the solenoid on the rack disconnected (small grinder incident..) and my steering is a bit heavy (not enough to bother me, but others notice it) at low speed.

Your ecu might think its always at low speed and give you light steering all the time. You could always disconnect the solenoid to make it stiffer. I think its a small plug down by the starter.

[bubba]

Without the speed signal input, the HICAS system (speed sensitive steering is part of this system) will throw up an error after a few minutes and your steering will go heavy regardless of what speed you're doing.

It's really not hard to get the speedo working with a 25 box.