Alright, i found some more hearsay on The Corral.
And to clarify, I believe this is what you lose control of when you buy a reman pump. You never know what you're getting as far as spring pressure and therefore steering feel. Is that correct?If you already have the 15:1 ratio steering rack, then the only real way to do it is to increase the pressure regulators spring pressure. Dont try it with a larger pulley as it is not a very smart idea. Basically what you want to do is to increase the amount of pressure it takes before the regulators relief valve opens. The pressure regulator is inside that big nut on the side of the pump. You would remove the pressure line from the pump. Then take a large wrench and unscrew the pressure regulator. You would have to disassemble it to get to the spring. Take the spring to a hardware store or go to www.mcmastercarr.com and find a stronger/stiffer spring. You might have to experiment to get the feel you desire, but it can be done. As a matter of fact, that is how the factory tuned the steering effort/feel on the different cars while utilizing the same basic pump.
I have two old P/S pumps, the one that's on the car that came from who knows where, and one from an '87 LX 5.0. In theory i should be able to compare the springs on these two and the new one and pick the one with the highest tension. What do y'all think?
Who knows what I'll end up with. The two pumps i have may not have come from cars with "sport suspension", so they might be lame. I guess we'll find out. I just don't want to waste this good rack with a pump that will put so much assist to it, it'll water down all that Cobra goodness.
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