electric power steering

crewdog · 07-04-2005

are any of the opels here new enough to have it?

baz · 07-04-2005

cut off for the site is pretty much 1975
the electric power steering came in for opels in about 1995
i think it was in the order of saab ,VW then opel ,

opelspyder · 07-04-2005

I have seen a hydraulic power steering rack for the GT available in Germany for about 1000.00 I believe. Pretty neat unit, cost a bunch to get it here
Keith

kwilford · 07-04-2005

A few folks have retrofitted power steering to their GT's. Have a look at

http://opelgt.com/photos/showphoto.p...what/allfields

http://opelgt.com/photos/showphoto.p...what/allfields

HTH

baronbors · 07-05-2005

Originally Posted by crewdog

are any of the opels here new enough to have it?

Why???? I love the feedback I get from the steering on my 71 GT when I am pushing the 35 mph corner at 65. Much better than my wife's new Nissan 350. JMTCW

oldopelguy · 07-05-2005

if the steering effort is just a bit too much, you might try swapping out the GT steering arms on the back of the spindles for Kadett ones. They are a bit longer and make the steering easier to turn. The down side is it'll take more turning of the wheel to get the same amount of cornering, but probably not as sloppy as power steering would be.

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crewdog Opeler Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: wood river,il Posts: 2	Unanswered: electric power steering are any of the opels here new enough to have it?

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baz opel free after 26 years Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sunderland england Posts: 4,941 Real Name: barry williams Provided Answers: 4	cut off for the site is pretty much 1975 the electric power steering came in for opels in about 1995 i think it was in the order of saab ,VW then opel , __________________ Copyright © 2003-2009 barry williams All Rights Reserved save praying to God for sunday today we pray to Nike and run like hell

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opelspyder Opel Key Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,301 Provided Answers: 4	power steering I have seen a hydraulic power steering rack for the GT available in Germany for about 1000.00 I believe. Pretty neat unit, cost a bunch to get it here Keith

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kwilford Über OpelGT.com Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,087 Real Name: Keith Wilford Provided Answers: 4	A few folks have retrofitted power steering to their GT's. Have a look at http://opelgt.com/photos/showphoto.p...what/allfields http://opelgt.com/photos/showphoto.p...what/allfields HTH __________________ Keith Wilford working on my '71 GT and '75 SportWagon

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oldopelguy Have Opel, Will Travel Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Saint Michael, MN Posts: 1,727 Logbook Entries: 3 Provided Answers: 2	stop-gap if the steering effort is just a bit too much, you might try swapping out the GT steering arms on the back of the spindles for Kadett ones. They are a bit longer and make the steering easier to turn. The down side is it'll take more turning of the wheel to get the same amount of cornering, but probably not as sloppy as power steering would be. __________________ 1958 Rekord Sedan, 1958 Olympia Wagon, 1959 Opel Olympia Sedan, 1967 Kadett Coupe, 1967 Admiral Sedan 4L CIH-6, 1968 Kadett fastback 1.1L, 1970 Kadett Wagon Turbo 2.2L, 1971 Kadett Sedan 1.1L, 1975 Manta Wagon 4.3L V-6

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