Thread: V8 steering rack vh commodore question

Originally Posted by ajvx01

2 answers, 2 confirmations of opposite stories...

Has anyone done this first hand in a vc?

my original answer to this was based on doing it on a VH....

Originally Posted by 79vb

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smitty do you run power steering?
and do you have the factory pulley on the crank?
ive just tried fitting a reduction pulley and the spacing for the power steering pulley is about 12mm closer to the motor and the pump
will not go back that far got one last resort (250 dollar aftermarket pump) and if that dont fit thinking of going manual steer with 1.25 camber and 5 caster thoughts?

I run a factory style pulley in front of a gilmer cog to run the power steering on mine ...see pic



and why have power steering ?
My front set up with nearly 3° of camber and 6° of castor makes it unsteerable especially at low speed..without the power assist.
The castor is the killer with this set up (not so much the camber setting). But combine all that with 2mm toe-out
(for quicker turn in on corners) and the Hulk could not steer my VK without power assist . You can clearly hear the pump groaning when turning at low speed.
However, out on the track at high speed its beautiful nice to drive ..hands off at 200 stuff

note ..I also have a pwr steering cooler tucked under the radiator support panel

Originally Posted by ajvx01

Thanks mate!
With your ofset pulley issue I had the same drama when I put all 304 acc on my 308.. I originally used 4x12mm thick nuts behind the pump as spacers and got longer bolts but now I have a plate I ave up from 12 mm steel. Nice and tidy and works perfectly.

I use a 16mm tubular spacer on my setup ( 2 of them) ...which you can see in the above pic
used to space out the pwr stg bracket to line the pump pulley with the bottom pulley