As above i do tend to trust the horses mouth, and as i said i never felt any change in steering difference after fitting these pulleys.
Hutch

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Please take your nails out of my dash..........501.1 Whp

Thanks for the response Adrian!

As usual all I remember is the post hoohaa rumpus, not the actual reason for it

Re harmonic dampers and dual mass resonator type crank pulleys.....
Mess at your own risk. It's a well known fact that the 2.5 Ford Duratec responds to solid crank pulleys by eating the crankshaft. Ford actually got it wrong in the original ST24 incarnation of the engine and gave it a tendancy to eat cranks if held at high rpm for a long time due to a resonance issue. The problem was (mostly) solved with a new DMD unit in the ST200 incarnation of the engine. If only they'd fixed the chocolate headgaskets too

So, in a nutshell, I'd rather run a possibly slightly overweight stock one than monkey with it and loose a crank

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Although in a highly modified, dynamically balanced build I'd have a somewhat different view on this

I am currently driving the car with no powersteering. After correcting my tire pressure, its really not that bad. Just when you are turning the wheel at a standstill. Since the car will be seeing more street driving than I planned, I am going to resolve the PS issue.

I am still leaning torwards the mr2 PS pump. I was looking as some pictures online and found its fittings are the same as the st205/185 ps pump. So it will be a matter of making a bracket.

I think I am going to wire it in directly and just add some resistors to lessen its effects. I do not need much ps assistance just enough at slow speeds.

I am trying to determine ways to increase overall feedback and feel of the steering. In the past I thought it was fine, but now my daily is a 350z and I feel that my 185s steering has much to be improved.

I think I will be starting with an alignment. I feel that my turn in might be affected by this. I am also concidering a smaller steeringn wheel.

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1992 Celica Gt4 RC Conv. St205 swap

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You'd probably also find steering feedback improves muchly with poly bushes and a strut brace - stiffening that up takes up the slack so you get the feeling back t othe steering wheel

Also, I have the Fennies in mine and have done for ages, no discernible disadvantages but hopefully more oomph to the wheels. Removed my aircon aswell so that freed some up, aswell as reducing weight

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'92 GT-Four RC - Project Rufus - something of a mover.
'05 Audi A3 3.2 V6 Quattro S Line - not bad for a daily.

I asked the question of hardness of the material, Tony replied with a "my car runs them, theyre fine" type statement.

I questioned more, Adrian gave a comprehensive answer but decided I was quesitoning Fensport's integrity.

The irony being, had Adrians post been the first one, the issue would have died there because it was a comprehensive answer to the question.

Bottom line, the kits have been out there long enough to be known to be durable.

[the above mentioned debate was on the OC forum in Nov 2004 btw ]

Some years on I know, but I'm also thinking about this. Did you ever do it? And if you did can you remember anything to help me decide

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MelC is a red 1993 JDM ST205


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