Steering Rack

[Adz2332]

hey all

have a 32 gtst im restoring.

Ive removed the HICAS from it but want to know, what steering rack would suit my 32 thats non HICAS?

Is there a model that would suit and has no HICAS? what do i need to find?

 

Cheers!!

[GTSBoy]

You don't need to change the rack. I didn't.

[Adz2332]

did you just block off all the pipes to the hicas?

 

[GTSBoy]

The front steering rack is not piped to anything HICAS.

The PS pump has a front stage and a rear stage. The front stage is piped to the front rack. The rear stage is piped to the rear rack (via the HICAS solenoid sets in the engine bay and at the rear). They only come close to each other at the pump.

If you want to delete all the HICAS stuff, just pull it out. But, you will need to do something about the rear stage of the pump. There have been many posts on what and how to do that. The best way is to keep it and just pump PS fluid through it to a cooler and back.

I replaced my R32 pump with an R34 pump, which is only a single stage pump. Of course, it came bolted to the Neo engine that I put in, but it's up to you to decide if that is the easier or harder way to change the pump situation.