34 replies to this topic

[techno-steve]

questions in the title lol

so is it and how do i go about it?

thnks

[E.L.M.O]

I love the fact that in a mini, you can tell what it is going t do before it does it (most of the time!)
With power steering, you wouldnt get that "go kart" feel.

[mini_lad_1990]

i find my minis steering is light enough without power steering and as E.L.M.O said you loose that wonderfull go kart feel on the car

[jonnymm]

ive seen it once one a john cooper special thing come to think of it that had air con to, but there isnt much point if u started adding that much wait and not being able to feel the car properly then it just becomes a fiesta in my opinion

[Juju]

Have a look at this thread here...

[markaboot]

think u can fit the corsa electric power steering mechanism.
but it aint cheap and might be a bit too light. corsa is a bit of a girly car.

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Edited by markaboot, 19 November 2008 - 12:46 PM.

[Hannioli]

I'm sure it's possible but can I ask why you want power steering in your mini...?

Mini's are plenty light as they are...I mean I have no trouble steering mine, parking is a doddle and I can parallel park the boyfriend's mini which has 7x13s on

[spaceoctagon]

MGf's have power steering, but some owners turn it off as it recks the handling, they sometimes fit a switch so they can use it for parking. If you fitted it too a Mini the same would happen, you would nolonger feel the road like you do now. But there is always the option of having a switch for it, if you want it just for parking.

[T.Harper]

Saps power. No-no

[taffy1967]

Wood & Pickett used to do power steering kits for Minis, but it cost a fortune.

[2lrminivan]

u can put corsa power steering on ive done it and it is the best thing u can do if u have 13" wheels or wide wheels. u can control it to be light when parking then move a dial and it goes to hard steering for when going fast
go to www.16vminiclub.com under general queries there is a section about it (7th line down) a lot of us have put power steering on

[1987_ParkLane]

With power steering, you wouldnt get that "go kart" feel.

I agree

[jammiedodger26]

Big weight, big money, loss of power, loss of feeling thorugh steering, loss of "mini" character...is it worth it??

[2lrminivan]

how many of u have drove a mini with power steering
they still fell like a go kart if u have the controller set to hard

[2lrminivan]

Big weight, big money, loss of power, loss of feeling thorugh steering, loss of "mini" character...is it worth it??

what do u mead loss of power there is none