Power steering-what you don't know won't hurt you

[kwikshifter]

Eh...it's pretty useless on a car with 5 inch wide tires and a contact patch smaller than my hand. Try driving a Mustang with 245/50/17s in the front with no power steering. That'll give you the Popeye forearms after a week of driving it.

LOL, I had a 67 Mustang, 390, 4 speed without p/s. My project 84 S10 Blazer is 2wd, 5/6" drop. No p/s, no air, no fan (electric) The v-6 (carbed) looks pretty small without all the add-ons.

The Festy is like driving on a Wii

[Nerd Racing]

Power steering is for Women and Wusses!

No girlie arms here!

[Tommychu]

My old Buick threw the p/s belt once. I was too lazy to change it for like 3 months.
225/60 up front, I had previously swapped in a smaller steering wheel from a newer FWD Buick, and the car weighed ~5000 pounds.
That was fun.

[Festiva Time]

Eh...it's pretty useless on a car with 5 inch wide tires and a contact patch smaller than my hand. Try driving a Mustang with 245/50/17s in the front with no power steering. That'll give you the Popeye forearms after a week of driving it.

I bet you would get "Popeye" forearms!
The Mustang needs P/S because it is a heavy beast!

Festivas are too light to need power steering. They are useful for people lost and arm/hand (or even broken arm).

What I really like about my regular Steering is, if my tire pressures are low (in the front wheels) the steering will be harder, which let's me know.

[JPT]

Try a mid 70's Ford LTD with a 460 in it and no PS

[phyaz91]

had a 99 eclipse .... power steering pump went on it... had 225/45 18s.....sucked but i still drove it for a year.. as i couldnt spare the extr change.....

[DrMaxwellEdison]

I don't see the point in a P/S Festy.... nor any other vehicle for that matter....

[1988festivazoom]

ps would be nice for an auto x festy..... sticky wide tires are a pain to turn sharp at low speed quickly....

[crazyrog17]

Wouldn't it be sweet if we could retrofit EPS (electronic power steering)

That way, it would only draw power when necessary like at low speed for parking and such.

EPS is becoming more and more common, especially on Ford vehicles such as the Escape, Fiesta and Focus. Still, many more have it.

[bravekozak]

reason

I only installed it to say my Festiva is "fully loaded". I have nothing against armstrong steering. I also prefer manual brakes to power brakes any day, but that's another topic.

[neanderpaul]

The Festy is like driving on a Wii

:lol:!!

I only noticed the lack of power steering when I put the huge celica wheels and tires on my festy. And then it was just a matter of getting rolling.

[muscle_Car1]

It sure was nice to drive a ps festy

[FB71]

Eh...it's pretty useless on a car with 5 inch wide tires and a contact patch smaller than my hand. Try driving a Mustang with 245/50/17s in the front with no power steering. That'll give you the Popeye forearms after a week of driving it.

My first vehicle; 1969 Bronco, 302 v8, 3spd column shift, manual steering, manual drum brakes, 33x12.5 tires with a 4" lift... Nothing like having to over-under hand the steering and two-foot the brake. That gives you a full body workout!!!

[91_festy_Gl]

When the power steering pump went out on my brothers 06 durango, it was hella monster when it come to turning the steering wheel lmfao!

[1988festivazoom]

My last truck was a 1967 f250 4x4 390bb on 39.5 boggers. Manual steering and breaks! And locked in the rear.... not a fun dd and a huge pain in parkinglots! I dorve it daily for 9months like that. It was completley restored tho..... I miss my truck