Ram steering alternatives?

[Nellybell]

Ram steering isn't something I want to convert to if I can find an alternative. I'd like some feedback on this idea.... Put a smaller pulley on the power steering pump and put over sized lines to the steering box. Will this give me a little more turning power?

[robselina]

Originally posted by Nellybell:
Ram steering isn't something I want to convert to if I can find an alternative. I'd like some feedback on this idea.... Put a smaller pulley on the power steering pump and put over sized lines to the steering box. Will this give me a little more turning power?simply put no. the larger lines make no difference. The pressure remains the same at the termination regardless of their diameter. Swapming pulleys to increase the RPM can give you slightly better performance (higher pressure) if done right, but most people have issues with airation and other matters. You pretty much either need a ram or bigger steering box with greater mechanical advantage.

[KYJ10]

Smaller pulley won't work. I treied and it spins the stock pump way to fast. Gets way to hot and all the fluid just bubbles over. I guess thats the airation mentioned above. Really the RAM deal is the cheapest and best solution in my book.

[robselina]

Originally posted by KYJ10:
Smaller pulley won't work. I treied and it spins the stock pump way to fast. Gets way to hot and all the fluid just bubbles over. I guess thats the airation mentioned above. Really the RAM deal is the cheapest and best solution in my book.yea, I think what happens Dennis is that the pump can't stay primed at the higher RPM and it starts to suck in air, which it then mixes with the fluid and bubbles up really bad. The lack of circulation creates a lot of heat. That's what I'm thinking happened in your situation.....

[scotty]

what if a person put on a smaller pully,and added a larger,remote sump,so the pump would have plenty of fluid? :D

[ April 11, 2004, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: scotty ]

[robselina]

i get an x, scotty. can you fix it?

[scotty]

sorry rob,all it was was the "brows" simile from JU. i replaced him with one of ours ;)

[KYJ10]

Im not sure if lack of fluid is the problems. It would spin mine too fast at idle, with the smaller pulley. At idle and not turning the wheel, it was whining and bubbling. When it would rev, the pump sounded like it was gonna explode. I think something internally just can't handle spinning that fast.

[Nellybell]

Thanks for the input...I ordered my ram two days ago.