[V8] Servo VS. non-servo racks

Ingo Rautenberg ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com
Tue Mar 20 15:16:06 EDT 2007


My understanding is you could always unplug the module and then you'd  
feel the difference.  I tend to feel that the servotronic as too  
effortless. Kinda like the old GM Caddy style IMO.  "course, never  
got around to unhooking it on either the '93 or '91 cars... So it  
obviously doesn't bother me THAT much. ;-)

Ingo

On Mar 20, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Paul Jones wrote:

> How much of a difference does the speed sensitive feature make? The  
> car is a
> 1993 and I've never driven an older model of V8.
>
>
>> From: Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
>> To: Paul Jones <elsey12 at hotmail.com>
>> CC: V8 at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: [V8] Servo VS. non-servo racks
>> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:55:52 -0400
>>
>> Servotronic racks came on '91 and later V8's.  I don't see why  
>> you  can't
>> run a non-servotronic one, but obviously you won't have the
>> speed-sensitive steering feature then, either.  Up to you.
>>
>> Ingo
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Paul Jones wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all. The steering rack on my V8 is weeping and I am  
>>> looking  to have
>>> it
>>> replaced. I found a great deal on a rebuilt non-servo steering   
>>> rack. At
>>> this
>>> point, I don't know whether or not the rack that's in it is  
>>> servo  nor
>>> not,
>>> however, my question is this: If my car does have a servo rack,   
>>> will it
>>> make
>>> any difference if I swap it with a non-servo rack?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
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