I have a '29 ford sedan, with a 6 inline 292 and a T-5 trans. No fenders, No hood. I have a KSE power steering box for cowl steering. now I'm the type of person who does not like a lot of **** hagging of there engines, the less the better, so I though if I could get an electric steering pump I could hide it in the frame rails. I know nothing of these type of pumps, could someone help me out on what type would work the best for me. Theres a guy on e-bay selling them for 300. but I though if someone could tell me what that came off I would just go to the the auto wreckers and pick one up myself and save some coin, as I don't have a lot of cash at this time. Thanks for your help...Mike
Well, maybe you should have thought of that before spending the kind of money they want for that box. But since you have it mounted I'd think that the best course of action is to figure out how to mount the pump discretely and hide or disguise the reservoir. Low mount the pump so that it isn't right there in anyone's face and don't use blue or red anodized fittings or paint said fittings so that they don't show up as "Hey look, genuine Ricky racer stuff right here". But then there may be a few Bubba points scored for having the real deal sprint car power steering setup and while traditional car freaks might not like it the circle track fans will go oh wow.
A link to the auction would help. There are multiple cars that have electric power steering, but one of the first and likely the most common for junkyard based conversions is the 1990-1995 Toyota MR2. What is likely a HAMB first (and maybe last) you can find good info at Honda-Tech.com. Here is some good wiring info of the same system in a Jeep. There are other alternatives. The newer MR2s (Spider, 2000-2005) has a integrated unit that is likely much easier to package. DIY Electric Car Forum has a lot of useful info on this unit. Factory Five Cobras are likely more familiar territory than the other links and people are using a Subaru pump. Beyond the Toyotas and Subaru, you can find electric pumps in Mazda3s, some VWs, and many other cars. However, be careful. Just because a car is listed as having electric power steering doesn't mean that it has a system you can adapt in the way you are thinking. Many of the newest vehicles have electrical ***ist motors integrated into the column. No fluid, AFAIK. Every once in a while my eclectic automotive tastes serve me well.
My Peugoet 207 CC have elecrtic power steering I beleve they are not comon on junk yards anny were yet
cobalts have the power ***ist setup thats electric.....looks similair to the setup flaming rivers sells.
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