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[dread]

has anyone upgraded their Mk3/4 to power steering?
how to go about this project?
which car would the parts be coming from?
thanks

[Guess-Works.com]

I think you can do it with an electical power steering mechanism, but what from, I don't know... no mini was ever produed with PS

[dread]

thanks man

[minimadjonesy]

there is a company called minitastic that is just about to release a Power Steering Kit! they have developed it over the past few years!

[Mini 360]

there is a company called minitastic that is just about to release a Power Steering Kit! they have developed it over the past few years!

Its not going to be very cheap though!

[Bungle]

i guess if you have a K series/V tec conversion using a metro front subframe then the metro stearing rack would fit

[miniboo]

I think I have seen a Vauxhall corsa setup used

[dread]

this might be a stupid question but i must ask:
can the steering from the BINI work?
if so how much would that conversion cost?

[fikus01]

mgf tf's had electric power steering!! im sure there is a way to adapt a sensitivity switch to the cpu on the column so that it could be adjusted by the driver!!! i think the column is slightly longer than that of a mini tho but not necesarily a bad thing!!

[GraemeC]

I'm looking into this at the moment and have a coupe of Corsa columns with electric PS in the workshop. However the spline forms are differnet between Corsa and Mini (not suprising) so its not a bolt on conversion.

So - does the MGF use the same splines as a mini? I know the top of the column is the same as an MPi and I don't believe the MPi had a different rack (apart from Sportspacks) so would an MGF column fit a standard mini rack?

[Big_Adam]

wood and pickett do powersteering give them a call.

[fikus01]

late metros/mgtf's have smaller spline arrangment but using a metro/mgtf rack wouldnt be such a bad idea, would make it less dangerous because it will be less twitchy!! minis 2.7 turns is fine with no power assistance but with it a sudden steering movement could be fatal!!

[dread]

good point.
i think i might just change my mind and forget about the PS and use a bigger steering wheel.

[taffy1967]

I've heard that Somerford Mini Specialists do the conversion too?

Somerford Mini Link

[Jobu]