Eletric Power Steering Coloum

[weejimmy 1]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CORSA-C-ELECTRIC-POW...id=p3286.c0.m14

 

 

anyone retro fitted on of these onto anything?

mayby save a bit of weight and less fluid to keep an eye out on is always a good thing.

 

looks simple enough but not shure how its controlled ie wired into ecu etc.

any ideas folks?

[philfingers 5]

try www.britishrally.co.uk forum, it's been discussed on there a few times,

 

Phil

[tom_m 0]

i don't get on with the electric column in my sisters corsa, it can't keep up with rapid direction changes and the weighting is very odd sometimes.

[jonnie205 1]

i fitted a corsa B EPS system to my mk2 escort i will try and get some pics

[alync406 4]

These are fitted to alot of rally cars,especially mk2's.I have seen them fitted to 205's.You can get a switch to change how heavy the steering is.

[James Stewart 1]

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=76710&hl=steering

 

It can be fitted into a 205, but the steering column mount needs chopped to fit it and strengthened to take the motor's forces, which are now acting at the column mounting rather than at the rack.

 

The column switch gear wiring in the corsa is punny, which is why I grafted the 205 switch gear on instead.

 

The box piggy-backed onto the steering column (at the left end in your ebay pic) is the ECU for the power steering. It needs a substantial positive feed and earth to the large connector (it is on a 60A maxi-blade fuse from memory). You also need to buy a control unit to mimic the speed sensor inputs the corsa has (this plugs into the smaller connectors). The control units are about £100-150 (although there are some rip-offs out there claiming the ecu needs chipped too). Note you'll need the loom side wiring connectors for the ECU (not shown in the ebay pic) to mate to the control unit wires.

 

To be honest though and with hindsight, I would not bother.

 

As tom_m points out it simply doesn't keep up with rapid changes in direction (double chicanes, etc).

 

I have since heard the same of installations in Mk2 escorts, corsas , etc. including from an ex-M-sport wiring chap (who imediately rubbished them!), so it was not a one off occurance.

 

James.