EPAS for AE86

[rayhall]

I just fitted EPAS (Electric Power Assist Steering) to my car. It works very well. Here is some pictures...

[Rice86]

i personally would never do this even if i was in the need of power steering, but good work i say

how does this compare to standard power steering

sorry what car is this on and what is the car used for? looks like a track hack car by the pictures

[Matt]

Looks good, keen to know the details as traditional power steering is a horse power thief...

[Gunner]

Would love to see a build thread from Ray. Would love to see what is powering this, especially considering the amount of 1000hp+ works of art come out of Ray Hall Turbocharging.

[rayhall]

The AE86 is a rally car. EPAS has a lot of advantages over normal power steering. You do not need a power steering pump, oil lines and power steering rack. Also the EPAS only draws a maximum of 8 amps of power. Most steering moments draw less then 4 amps. This is why most new cars have EPAS now. Also if your are not tuning the wheel it draws nothing, unlike oil power steering.

The EPAS is dead silent, and very nice to steer.

The reason for fitting it other then the mentioned advantages is you can fit a quick rack and still have power steering. Something not possible with normal power steering.

Ray.

[rayhall]

Yes uses ever little power, and far less complicated.

Ray.

[rayhall]

I have pictures of the step by step process to fit the EPAS to the AE86 steering column. I will get them together and post them.

Ray.

[Matt]

Definately keen to do this for my track car(s)...

[slide86]

wow i love the engineering and "oh heres a problem, so im just going to make a solution for it now" mentality.

[rayhall]

Here are pictures showing most of the steps to fit the EPAS to the AE86 steering column.