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5 GT Turbo Big Steve's "ST Cup" Car
- Thread starter Big Steve - Raider
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You can get the Corsa steering racks off EBay quite easily and also the potentiometer circuit to adjust the assistance as required... @Bob did that on his hillclimb car... but it involves a little more fabrication that the time, or my skills (more importantly) allowed..
So a little bit more time in the garage at the weekend and tonight, and I believe I've managed to get the Power Steering set up mechanically installed. As you may have read, my first idea was to go with a Renault 5 Monaco Mechanically driven unit, but thought better about that and have now decided to go with the Citroen Saxo/Peugeot 106 Electro Hydraulic unit.
I bought a unit off eBay that came with both the wiring and bracket which was what I was looking for:
The first challenge was to decide where to mount it...? Given that I didn't have an engine in the car, I couldn't look in real time, so I had to resort to some old Photo's of the complete engine bay to figure out where's a good spot..:
Hmmm... Just there I think
Lets just hope my guess was right!?
I managed to use the old bracket, and some existing holes on the shock tower to locate it nice & snug on the N/S of the Engine Bay:
So my first thought was to make up a proper hard-pipe like they did as OE with many cars, so I got myself a bit of copper pipe and bent it as a guide to the pipe run I wanted:
I went to my local independent Hydraulic merchant, and explained what I wanted and was told he could not recreate the type of fitting PAS systems use so I was back to plan B. I got on eBay and bought a handful of fittings off Torques UK. My first plan was to use the Torques UK Fittings to do the whole feed and return, but I then realised that the fittings on the PAS rack are just too close together to allow the fittings to be done up
Whilst I was scratching my head about that, I decided to make a new Steering Knuckle rubber boot out of a Clio 182 Unit, and an original 5GTT Unit. A quick slice with a knife, and some hardcore silicone glue, it fitted like a treat, and should hopefully stop the gases coming into the car like they were before:
I also managed to have a little bend of the OE pipes, and realised I would be able to use the OE Rear engine mount:
I then made a start on fitting the OE PAS wiring loom to the 5, and tried to make it as neat as I could:
So back to the drawing board with regard to the Hydraulic lines, I resorted to using part of the fitting and got a new piece of Hydraulic hose with a couple of new fittings crimped onto ends, and in the end, it's worked like a treat!!
So it's now all assembled, the plan at the weekend is to fill it up and then check for for leaks..
Before I finished tonight, I decided to fit some new disks to the front hub carriers I bought:
Thanks for Reading!
I bought a unit off eBay that came with both the wiring and bracket which was what I was looking for:
The first challenge was to decide where to mount it...? Given that I didn't have an engine in the car, I couldn't look in real time, so I had to resort to some old Photo's of the complete engine bay to figure out where's a good spot..:
Hmmm... Just there I think
Lets just hope my guess was right!?I managed to use the old bracket, and some existing holes on the shock tower to locate it nice & snug on the N/S of the Engine Bay:
So my first thought was to make up a proper hard-pipe like they did as OE with many cars, so I got myself a bit of copper pipe and bent it as a guide to the pipe run I wanted:
I went to my local independent Hydraulic merchant, and explained what I wanted and was told he could not recreate the type of fitting PAS systems use so I was back to plan B. I got on eBay and bought a handful of fittings off Torques UK. My first plan was to use the Torques UK Fittings to do the whole feed and return, but I then realised that the fittings on the PAS rack are just too close together to allow the fittings to be done up
Whilst I was scratching my head about that, I decided to make a new Steering Knuckle rubber boot out of a Clio 182 Unit, and an original 5GTT Unit. A quick slice with a knife, and some hardcore silicone glue, it fitted like a treat, and should hopefully stop the gases coming into the car like they were before:
I also managed to have a little bend of the OE pipes, and realised I would be able to use the OE Rear engine mount:
I then made a start on fitting the OE PAS wiring loom to the 5, and tried to make it as neat as I could:
So back to the drawing board with regard to the Hydraulic lines, I resorted to using part of the fitting and got a new piece of Hydraulic hose with a couple of new fittings crimped onto ends, and in the end, it's worked like a treat!!So it's now all assembled, the plan at the weekend is to fill it up and then check for for leaks..
Before I finished tonight, I decided to fit some new disks to the front hub carriers I bought:
Thanks for Reading!
It's running over the top of the subframe, the Exhaust runs underneath it, I thought there would be plenty of clearance there? The braided line is the oil return circuit.
Just need an invitation and a date eh chaps...
@Kris M @Nick Kettle @Mart @Prab @DaveL485 @Brigsy @Sheryl_O @Chris Smith @Jesus in the seat of a five @marcel @Jesus the 2nd @Lomo @Billy Pallets @
Just ordered one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171850171368?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Chris Smith
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Matt I am up for a visit anytime.....5 hours is nothing.... camping holiday in 2016 sounds like a good plan..
Had a good day in the garage yesterday & think I broke the back of ST Cup to get her ready for Blyton Park..! Managed to get the Engine in. (Notice how everything seems to be clearing the PAS Pump so far!) 
I then managed to get both Driveshafts and front hub's all assembled:
Dare I say I think I'm going to be ready now!!!
Thanks for Reading
I then managed to get both Driveshafts and front hub's all assembled:
Dare I say I think I'm going to be ready now!!!
Thanks for Reading
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