I don't recal this ever being asked/discussed:
I have been thinking for a while now, about the level of effort required to turn the steering wheel. For me it just doesn't require enough. Now I don't want to rewind to the no power steering days, but I like the more precise feeling I get with a bit more 'umph' required to move the wheel.
I know we have the variable effort steering, which lessens the amount of power steering boost, the faster the car travels. What I don't know is how it actually works. Is this something controlled by the PCM, or by another computer in the car? Or is it something 'hard coded' or set mechanically that can't be changed?
Could a solution be as simple, as putting a larger pulley on the PS Pump, to get it to turn less/engine rev? Or even better, flip a few bits in some non volital flash somewhere?
Just wondering,
Chris
I have been thinking for a while now, about the level of effort required to turn the steering wheel. For me it just doesn't require enough. Now I don't want to rewind to the no power steering days, but I like the more precise feeling I get with a bit more 'umph' required to move the wheel.
I know we have the variable effort steering, which lessens the amount of power steering boost, the faster the car travels. What I don't know is how it actually works. Is this something controlled by the PCM, or by another computer in the car? Or is it something 'hard coded' or set mechanically that can't be changed?
Could a solution be as simple, as putting a larger pulley on the PS Pump, to get it to turn less/engine rev? Or even better, flip a few bits in some non volital flash somewhere?
Just wondering,
Chris