Is There A Way To Put Non Power Stering Onto A R32?

[kilos]

Just wanting to know if there is a stering rack which would replace the power stering rack so that it would be non powerstering. I want to get rid of the Hiclass?? or whatever its caled and much profer the feall of non powerstering for the track. Any help would be much appreasheated thanks

[GTSBoy]

Get rid of HICAS by all means. It's easy enough. Non-HICAS subframe into the rear, bin all the plumbing and HICAS solenoids. Replace the power steer pump with an R33 or R34 one. But don't get rid of the power steer at the front. When running sticky tyres on wide wheels with lots of caster and camber, power steering makes it much better. Power steer racks are also faster ratio than manual racks (not that there's an obvious manual rack that I can think of for the R32 anyway), so you need smaller movements of the steering wheel to achieve the same steering movement at the road wheels.

[kilos]

Thanks have brought a trans coller to try to make things easeor for me so I nead to get a new power stering pump from a 33 or 34. For the rear end what do you sugest r33 rear end or a s15???

[kilos]

Sorry for the bad spelling im a bit dislesik? ha ha cant even spell that what a dumb ass

[GTSBoy]

Easiest is a non-HICAS subframe from an R32 or a Cefiro (I think A31, but don't quote me.) Later Skyline rears don't fit up without special bushes.

[badhairdave]

Just spend $150 on a hicas lock bar and remove the redundant lines from under the car. Leave the power steering pump alone and just loop the lines so it feeds the cooler section of the circuit. Plenty of info on how to do it on this forum.

If you are going to go to the bother of changing subframes then you may as well get one with better geometry.

S14 would be my choice, offset bushes are readily available through drift part suppliers so it can be mounted. You'll need to get an s14/15/r33/34 back cover for the diff.

As for your initial question; Your easiest option is to manualise (it's not really a word) your current rack. Basically it involves pulling it apart, removing the internal seals, greasing it up and blocking a few holes up. There are write ups on a few silvia forums on how to do it.

With an RB up front i wouldn't recommend it. I have no power steering in my s13 track car and it's okish. It was better when the car was NA with less weight over the front end, it's a bit too heavy now that it's a turbo with intercooler, bigger radiator, oil cooler, ducting, etc adding weight up front.

[GTSBoy]

HICAS lock bars are defectable. Just saying.

[mystery_kid]

lol and rose jointed suspesion arms aren't?

[GTSBoy]

And, I have neither on my car. Well, alright, I do have rose jointed caster arms. But these will have to come off when my car goes through Regency soon. But the problem is that HICAS is a steering component, and therefore modifying by replacing with a lock bar is treated as fairly serious. However, if the whole rear subframe is changed, and there's no other HICAS equipment on the car, you can always say "nah, this one's only 2WS", and there's nothing to worry about.

[Dahtone Racing]

LOL talk about re-inventing the wheel.

[badhairdave]

GTSBoy does make a fair point if legality is an issue.

I actually just locked up the factory rack in mine with some home made 5mm thick washers and unpluged one plug on the hicas controller in the boot. It looked stock and didn't stuff the steering weight. I removed everything else later.

That was only because lock bars weren't commonly available at that time though.