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03-16-2011 03:59 PM #1
mixing/ matching power steering pump/ box brands
With my scratch built hotrod, it will use a '94 Ranger Twin I beam front end, that does have P/S.. I could try to locate a non power box, But there rarer and it will have a BB of some sort.. How well would that box work with a Mopar or GM pump? or an older Ford pump. The Ranger pump bolts directly to the side of the engine blocks on the 2.3 as well as being a serpentine setup, and it would take a pump for an older V8 Mustang to have somthing to fabricate into.. but most any engine I will get will have PS ( being larger vehicles ). So I would just have Napa make up the correct PS lines if it would work okYou don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
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03-16-2011 07:39 PM #2
Hi Matt. I know the GM pumps have hi pressure and can blow the seals out a Ford rack and pinion. I have never tried a GM pump and a Ford power steering box though. You can bring down the pressure in the GM pump to work with the rack and pinion, I believe Heidt's has them.
http://www.heidts.com/_uploaded_files/in-063.pdfLast edited by Two8tyThree; 03-16-2011 at 07:44 PM.
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03-16-2011 08:09 PM #3
P/S Pump
I installed an Explorer power rack and pinion in my 1996 Safari van. I plumbed it with the stock GM pump. It's been in the van for a couple of years and works great. No problems. The research I did before attempting this mod revealed that all modern power steering pumps generate approx the same pressure.
The first model car I built was a 32 Ford roadster by Revell in the mid 50's.
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