R50/53 Finally, Gen1 Power Steering Delete Kit Available Soon!!!!
5th Gear
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From: New York, NY
In Norwegian currency that's like a nickel less than the cost of an orange... :-) Great living in Norway but crazy expensive to visit
Sorry guys but there is no need to buy a kit to remove the power steering.
All you have to do is remove the pump and fuses. Then take off the lines and fluid tank. Drain some of the fluid from the rack, then just loop the two lines coming off the rack together.
We've been doing this for years on race cars. Ask a miata racer, the do it all the time rather than buying and expensive R code rack.
All you have to do is remove the pump and fuses. Then take off the lines and fluid tank. Drain some of the fluid from the rack, then just loop the two lines coming off the rack together.
We've been doing this for years on race cars. Ask a miata racer, the do it all the time rather than buying and expensive R code rack.
3rd Gear
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From: Conyers, Ga.
Sorry guys but there is no need to buy a kit to remove the power steering.
All you have to do is remove the pump and fuses. Then take off the lines and fluid tank. Drain some of the fluid from the rack, then just loop the two lines coming off the rack together.
We've been doing this for years on race cars. Ask a miata racer, the do it all the time rather than buying and expensive R code rack.
All you have to do is remove the pump and fuses. Then take off the lines and fluid tank. Drain some of the fluid from the rack, then just loop the two lines coming off the rack together.
We've been doing this for years on race cars. Ask a miata racer, the do it all the time rather than buying and expensive R code rack.
That would probably be the way to go if you never intend to go back and re-install the EPS pump. But if you "butcher" the hoses to loop back the lines the cost for new hoses would be $300+. If the price for the loop back device is around $50 it is still a pretty good deal.
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6th Gear
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Sorry guys but there is no need to buy a kit to remove the power steering.
All you have to do is remove the pump and fuses. Then take off the lines and fluid tank. Drain some of the fluid from the rack, then just loop the two lines coming off the rack together.
We've been doing this for years on race cars. Ask a miata racer, the do it all the time rather than buying and expensive R code rack.
All you have to do is remove the pump and fuses. Then take off the lines and fluid tank. Drain some of the fluid from the rack, then just loop the two lines coming off the rack together.
We've been doing this for years on race cars. Ask a miata racer, the do it all the time rather than buying and expensive R code rack.
http://imgur.com/a/BOLki
As you can see, it's not for the technically challenged & not simple plug & play like the delete block. You might end up spending same or even more than the Condor block.This is the reason why the e30/36/z3 guys prefer this over the looped hose.
Sorry guys but there is no need to buy a kit to remove the power steering.
All you have to do is remove the pump and fuses. Then take off the lines and fluid tank. Drain some of the fluid from the rack, then just loop the two lines coming off the rack together.
We've been doing this for years on race cars. Ask a miata racer, the do it all the time rather than buying and expensive R code rack.
All you have to do is remove the pump and fuses. Then take off the lines and fluid tank. Drain some of the fluid from the rack, then just loop the two lines coming off the rack together.
We've been doing this for years on race cars. Ask a miata racer, the do it all the time rather than buying and expensive R code rack.
It's a great thing to have in the "back pocket" so-to-speak.
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6th Gear
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Of course, you gotta ask BMW MINI for the pump & the fan! The delete block is plan B that might have potential to be 'A'.
5th Gear
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From: Québec, Canada
The lower steering column shaft (joints) would pretty much be the main thing to experience additional wear.
