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I remember taking the power steering off for the first time. It was tough... turning was not the funnest things and near impossible at a dead stop. Power and MPG gains were real, though.
I then removed the pump and looped the lines. It got a little easier, but wasn't a huge difference. Weight was removed... couldn't complain I guess.
THEN, I pulled the whole power steering rack down and modified it to be a "manual steering rack". You can google around, it's a pretty generic mod for most cars (you basically open it up, remove the power steering piston, grease everything up, and put it back together). It wasn't the funnest/easiest job, but the difference was night and day! I could turn my wheels from a dead stop again . Not as easily as with power steering, of course, but with noticeably less effort. Probably more than you want to do currently, but keep it in mind for the future, especially if you have the tools and the time.
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