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Originally Posted by vtec-e
You're looking at a whole lotta work for a very tiny gain. Not worth it imo. If the PS had it's own belt then it would be a very simple job. I did it in my civic but only got one or two mpg. I also unplugged the electric power steering in my yaris and got nothing apart from a pulled muscle in my shoulder! So it's plugged back in now.
ollie
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this is true. not much gain. the cars are so small anyway. even tractor trailers could care less, manual or not. the mass of what is turning, its as if the preciseness of the power steering has no demand at all. A one cylinder could turn one.
This fact went farther into my current setup, an old sube with much bigger wider gnarly tar grabbing tread on. The power steering needed the engine fan, it simply got a bit warmer..my gas mileage is way over what it used to be.
Take advantage and put bigger tires/wheels on? the power steering or gas mileage won't care, unless it can get hot with no cooling. old power steering pumps were dramatic in the dragging, anything foriegn and most of new american is quite disciplined.