Ari
6th August 2008, 00:29
Anyone else find the power steerig is over assisted on the VTS? I didnt think so until my alternator belt snapped which put the power steering out of action, at low speeds it was a bitch but above 20mph Wow!!.. what a difference it made to the steering feel.. how much more connected you are to the tyre loadings and how it changes your driving style. It made the car feel like a go-kart. I found myself being far more delicate with my inputs and adopting a race over rally style. I loved it so much I decided to do some research into lowering the power steering assistance.
Rally design offer a variable power steering module for some rally cars so they can adjust their steerings power assistance for feel for different grip levels, wet/dry and different surfaces etc.. but its very expensive so I've decided to put my electronics experience to good use and build my own.
The speed sensitive assistance will still work as normal but you will be able to adjust the overall assistance to anywhere in between standard and off at the turn of a knob mounted on the dash and should be relatively simple to fit.
Gonna order the parts and get soldering in the next week or 2, I'll let you know how well it works once its been fully developed and reliability tested over a few months.
Rally design offer a variable power steering module for some rally cars so they can adjust their steerings power assistance for feel for different grip levels, wet/dry and different surfaces etc.. but its very expensive so I've decided to put my electronics experience to good use and build my own.
The speed sensitive assistance will still work as normal but you will be able to adjust the overall assistance to anywhere in between standard and off at the turn of a knob mounted on the dash and should be relatively simple to fit.
Gonna order the parts and get soldering in the next week or 2, I'll let you know how well it works once its been fully developed and reliability tested over a few months.