It does indeed not have a carburator (I wrote this while half asleep on a plane, I meant to say that it has a mechanical throttle/air valve which is cable operated).
It also doesn't have ABS (although I believe this was an option on the car starting this model year), so swapping out that pump wasn't an option. The iBooster is a great and easy retrofit, definitely recommend!
Haven't done it yet, but I'm just going to lower the pressure of the hydraulic steering by shimming the regulator, should be enough. It already steers somewhat ok without this mod too
Great to hear from you, and awesome project. I had an early 90s 240 that did have ABS so assumed incorrectly that yours would. Dropping the hydraulic pressure sounds like a really good idea, hope that works!
I am not sure about that particular car but some cars have a electrically switched valve on the power steering pump which lowers the pressure for higher speed travel (less responsive).
You may be able to get "some" control just by disconnecting this (assuming it is there, my 93 Mazda 626 had one).
It does indeed not have a carburator (I wrote this while half asleep on a plane, I meant to say that it has a mechanical throttle/air valve which is cable operated).
It also doesn't have ABS (although I believe this was an option on the car starting this model year), so swapping out that pump wasn't an option. The iBooster is a great and easy retrofit, definitely recommend!
Haven't done it yet, but I'm just going to lower the pressure of the hydraulic steering by shimming the regulator, should be enough. It already steers somewhat ok without this mod too
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