[Tigers] Power steering

[Bob Wanty]

My Tiger has the Armstrong unit.

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> On Aug 18, 2020, at 1:16 AM, Larry E. Paulick via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I have never seen any photos, actual cost and part # or year/make/etc of elec power steering, only comments. Better yet a comprehensive article, such as those contained in Tigers United, would be great.  Does anyone have these they can post?
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> Thanks
> 
> Larry
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>> On Aug 16, 2020, at 9:56 PM, Buck Trippel via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> I had a Vaxhual electric setup from the UK installed in one of out Tigers. It was great around town or on a curvey road. (you can dial in the amount of “boost” you want. 
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>> Michael is very correct in that the installation was very neat, even in the LHD version I had. (about the only mod needed was to trim one of the metal defroster ducts under the driver’s side of the dash.) 
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>> However I did not like the power steering unit on the open road. I never was able to get it to track as well as the stock setup on the highway. I added all the caster I could (even wedged the cross member) but I was never happy with it. It was just too twitchy on straight roads and I do a lot of long distance highway driving in our Tigers. After an 8-hour drive I just found myself working too much. I couldn’t relax. I pulled it out & went back to the stock setup. The EPS unit is now resting quietly on some shelf in the garage. On the other hand, if I were driving daily on twisty mountain roads I’d go back to it in a second.
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>> Buck Trippel
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>> From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of michael king via Tigers
>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 6:38 PM
>> To: Lance Beauchamp <blance598 at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Tiger Club. Submission <tigers at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Power steering
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>> There are several ways to introduce power steering to the Tiger,
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>> In the UK and Australia people use the vaxhual/holden/opel astra electric setup mounted to a donor alpine top section of the steering column, very neat mounts under the dash and keeps all the stock components from the firewall forward..
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>> There are also several people who have used hydraulic setups from mazda MX5 (miata) and also some subarus... these though require a change in rack
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>> On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 11:23, Lance Beauchamp via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> Really , there is NO power steering unit that could be retrofitted to the tiger. The older I get the harder it steers when going  slow. 
>>>   Beau
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