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Originally Posted by evolutionmovement
The manual rack will likely require more turns lock to lock, so keep that in mind.
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If you need to increase the steering ratio for a manual rack in an ECHO of all things, you should consider electric powered steering. Increasing the turning ratio would be a bigger pain than going electric. For some people, power steering isn't a luxury item, for those efficiency minded people there is electric power.
If you know you can handle a power steering rack with the pump off, a manual rack with the same steering ratio is going to be a piece of pie. Even at the same ratio it's still easier to handle a manual rack.
Here's an article I found on
electric power steering. And
here. They're a couple hundred dollars from what I've seen. Hardly a good investment unless there is more than a 3% FE saving.