A31 Power Steering - Picture Needed

[TonyL]

Hey all - finally my first topic on SAU *bleeds*

Doing a conversion to my brothers ceffy at the moment and it would seem that the rubber pipe that goes to the front of the turbo wants to run directly into the rear power steering line

anyone else had this problem??

could someone take a pic of that front pipe and the ps lines from the pump for me?

also what is the -easiest- way of connecting the engine loom to the dash loom?

do most people use the de loom and change the plugs, or change the plugs at the dash end of the 32 loom so they fit

thanks,

tony

Edited March 6, 2007 by TonyL

[SMiTHBRo]

Hey all - finally my first topic on SAU *bleeds*

Doing a conversion to my brothers ceffy at the moment and it would seem that the rubber pipe that goes to the front of the turbo wants to run directly into the rear power steering line

anyone else had this problem??

could someone take a pic of that front pipe and the ps lines from the pump for me?

also what is the -easiest- way of connecting the engine loom to the dash loom?

do most people use the de loom and change the plugs, or change the plugs at the dash end of the 32 loom so they fit

thanks,

tony

no idea about the power steering line

did this conversion on my cefiro not long ago. used the det engine loom and the de starter motor/positive loom. if the car is going from auto to manual you will have to short the auto switch at the fuse box, bottom plug. hope this helps

Edited April 26, 2007 by SMiTHBRo

[TonyL]

cars all finished now

I rewired the dash plugs on the DET loom to suit the 31 dash - most people would just chop and join only a few wires to make the car run -- but I'm picky and wanted to make sure as much was connected as possible

For the power steering my brother extended the drain hose from the reservoir to the pump with some spare pipe and tubing we had. And I think we undid the stopper on the rear high pressure hose on the pump and swiveled it around slightly.

excel spreadsheet with my plug findings

Edited April 27, 2007 by TonyL

[Mr Eps]

LEGEND!!!!

[TonyL]

other suggestions would be a solid intake pipe (as its less diameter then the rubber one)

or converting to another power steer setup

the a31 DE setup is different to the r32 as the 32 high pressure hoses to the pump BOTH go to the pump from in between the radiator and pump

[Mr Eps]

so you performed a DE+T??

that;s what i'm doing,

what i think i'm going to do is just replace the hose, it's not broken but it is 18 years old so i will just replace it and get it lengthened so it can be put out of the way of the intake pipe, then swivel the stopper around

i know i could lengthen it myself but it's all high pressure hose so probably best i leave enzed to do that kind of thing, as i'm REALLY anal about that things like that.

is that a good idea you think tony?

[TonyL]

A31 DE > R32 DET

Getting it replaced would be the best and easiest option IMO - but we were on a very tight budget so had to use existing parts

[Mr Eps]

easiest yes best not necassarilly, you'd be surprised how simple this conversion is, and how effective it is

a lot of people complain about the lack of low end power the rb20det has,

with this combination i now have an rb20de high compression cylinder engine with the turbo,

i'm only running low boost so it won't go bang, even in the event it does then i will simply put in R32 rb20.... but i'll probably build an rb30det in the event of engine blowing up

[TonyL]

I just meant about the PS setup

i'd agree the DE+T would probably be easier