Electric power steering pump / Variable PS

[captcory]

I too am interested. another source for a pump although expensive is a pump from a mercury marine verado outboard. I've used one in a boat and they are sweet.

[TOBASH]

...if it works. Those cars are a lot smaller and lighter with thinner smaller tires than an FJ. I really think this will work though. It is a great idea for someone just to investigate it. Kudos to the thread originator for getting out of the box.

As far as parasitic drag...WHO GIVES A F___!

Relocate batteries to the driver's seat, place the pump there, run hoses to the box and wires to the alternator.

Just the fact that people like me with diesels don't need to fab up or scrounge already hard to find mounting brackets might be worth the price of admission.

I am also interested in electric drive a/c compressors for the same reason, and I am thinking double Odyssey batteries and a more powerful alternator to make sure I never bottom out on electricity. I would then love a smaller alternator pulley given Diesels are a lower RPM device.

On a car with the aerodynamics of a brick and the technology of 1950's, who cares about parasitic drag. I just don't understand the logic of beating this horse to death again.


Best,

T

[joeyg1973]

Originally Posted by wdFJ40

What was the outcome of this??? Anyone know?

The outcome is that I have a bunch of other things going in my life. This is one of the things I want to do, but I need to fit it into building my 2f with a custom MegaSquirt2 Extra, move into my new house, keep the GF happy, rewire the whole LC, finish rebuilding the front axle, POR 15 paint all the crap that I still need to paint to get to putting everything back together... ad infinum, ad nausium... I will get to it, but nothing I am doing is stopping anybody else from giving this a try. I have pretty much laid out the roadmap for how to do it.