Re: PS Pressure vs. steering "feel"

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Thanks for telling me how to remove it -- that was the next question! I was just going to look at an exploded parts view and find it, but you made it easy. Four cylinder may indeed have a different (lower pressure) valve. The older V-8s ran around 1100 psi and sixes 900 because of the weight difference. Shouldn't be as much weight difference between a four and six as between a six and eight though.

This is pretty interesting.

I can see how lowering the pressure (lower assist) won't increase
"feel" -- power assist is like leverage, the wheels are pushing on
the short side of the fulcrum, and the % change in effort is
divided by the leverage.

So what *is* the best way to have our cake and eat it too --
limited power assist and feedback from the steering wheel?