[alfa] Re: alfa-digest V9 #961

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of the interesting things about the GTV-6 is although I've never 
seen(nor heard of anyone owning) a GTV-6 with power steering, I have 
the original owner's manual for mine (an '86) and it clearly has a 
section in it about caring for the power steering option! So it was 
obviously offered in the '86 model, but it seems that none were fitted 
with it. I'd love to see just one factory installed system just to see 
what they did about that huge windshield-washer tank bolted to the 
driver's side inner fender well. The PS pump won't clear it, and with 
that tank in place, there is nowhere to mount the PS reservoir.

Anyway, Richard, if I were at Lime Rock and you challenged me about the 
PS, I could whip-out my owner's manual and show where it was a factory 
option (even though mine was fitted later), So what would the rules say 
then?


George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'




On Nov 18, 2003, at 11:42 AM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:55:46 -0500 (EST)
> From: Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: [alfa] Re: Non Power Milano Steering
>
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:41:51 -0600 John Katos 
> <john_katos@domain.elided> wrote:
>
>
> > I did
> > NOT find the steering significantly harder on the Milano than my son's
> > GTV6.
> 2 years ago i impounded the ITA field at a Lime Rock SCCA event,
> and made them produce their shop manuals and explain the relationship
> between the steering gear described in the manual and the steering gear
> which actually appeared in their cars (changes to the steering are 
> strictly
> against the IT rules in SCCA racing.)
>
> it was interesting how many VW products had neatly disconnected
> power steering hoses; they liked the ratio in the racks, though, so
> they just filled the racks up with gear lube and kept using them as
> manual racks.
>
> nobody seemed to have overdeveloped arms or anything.
>
> i, on the other hand, got an overdeveloped right hand from filling
> out all the paperwork that i had to send up to the chief steward.
>
> richard
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