Ive been looking into this, been told Nova steering box run lines to back for pump weld pulley onto generator/alternator pulley then mount the pump back there. Anyone on here done this or thought about it?

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just lookin for some help or ideas about stuff

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Here is what I did,,I like it fine,,,you can get pumps for vw aftermarket,,mine is factory suby pump;
http://www.woodsbuggy.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... =char+lynn

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we started doing this years ago the best rack to use to me is a berratta
they are center load like a saco rack
I took 2 pullys off alt welded them together

what about a rack offa grand am?

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Grand am or Baretta,,like this,,If you transfer the load to the back side like this, and locate the rack as near the beams as possible, you can eliminate a lot of the bump steer.

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Ic Ic Thanks I appreciate the help

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Most of the guys around here run a Grand Am rack, the Gt version steers a little quicker than the regular. You have to brace them pretty well or they will pop like popcorn. Most of the guys around here take the little torsion rod in the rack out and turn it down on a lathe a few thousandths to quicken them up some as well. Straight out of the car they are hard to "whip" back and forth like you sometimes need to do on a hill.

We made a bracket for my brothers vw motor to place a tiny little toyota power steering pump beside and below the alternator on the passenger side of the engine. He runs one of the polished aluminum res but you can use the one that came on the car that the pump came from. A light weight fluid (he uses Trans-X) helps make steering lighter as well.

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Interesting bit of imformation. Again thanks for all of your help

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I used a gear box out of a Jeep Cherakee. The pump I used out of a Geo Storm, I bought a resevoir can from Speedway Motors, and I bought a double crank shaft pulley to run a pump off of. It works great, I haven't broke anything yet. When I was done, it looked pretty good. I tried runing the pump off of the alternator. The problem that I was having was that it was spinning the pump too fast. The oil always smelled like it was burnt. As soon as the belt would get a little wet, it would just squeal. That's why I bought the aftermarket pulley to run the pump. It wasn't cheap, but it's nice.

forgive my ignorance but would an autostick oil pump work?

forgive my ignorance...wth is that?

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It wouldn't make the pressure that the rack needs. Probably couldn't flow enough volume either.

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Hey Guys:

Sorry to pick this thread up a little late, but I have a question. I run the Grand Am rack and love it, have had no problems (and I run on the rocks) I use a pump from a 93 Mitsubishi Eclipse that I fabbed up a bracket for (I have also seen this pump in a Chrysler Laser). It is mounted to three of the bolts on the alternator stand and runs off a single belt over the alternator and the crank pulley. Works good for me, no slippage.

Anyway, someone mentioned "taking out the little torsion rod and turning it down a few thousandths" to quicken up the rack. I think I wanna do this. Where the hell is this little torsion rod and exactly how much does it need to be smaller to make a diffrerence?

Thanks,

Dale Hall

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