E46 Power Steering Delete and Steering Guibo Delete -Condor Speed Shop
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00:00Hello, and welcome to another BMW Build Jekyll and Hyde on Throttle House.
00:16Today, we're still in the middle of this whole engine swap thing.
00:19This is still the 325 motor, things aren't any different really around here.
00:22But I am going to install the steering coupler, the Condor Speed Shop steering ... What is
00:29it called?
00:30Steering delete?
00:31It's going to get rid of the steering shaft, Guibo, that ... I'm trying to do a piece
00:38to camera here.
00:39Okay.
00:40Hello, and welcome to Project BMW Jekyll and Hyde on Throttle House.
00:44Today, we're going to install a Condor Speed Shop steering coupler delete and a power steering
00:51delete plate.
00:52The purpose for this is that I want my steering on the track to be very precise, and I want
00:57it to be heavy, and I want to feel what's going on on my front tires, because that's
01:00what I'm interested in, and that's what I like.
01:02So we're going to do some work on the steering rack.
01:05I'll show you what I'm going to do.
01:06This is not something that I can review in this episode, because the car is ... It looks
01:10like this currently.
01:12So I'll be reviewing it later, obviously.
01:15But let's install these parts.
01:17Okay.
01:18So this is the steering, Guibo, all right?
01:21Steering shaft, steering rack.
01:23So I have the Condor Speed Shop delete, okay?
01:28This is a solid piece, obviously.
01:29It's very well made.
01:30It looks nice.
01:31It's dirty, because I've been handling it.
01:33And it's going to delete this.
01:34So this is actually a pretty flexible rubber piece, and this will completely sharpen up
01:39the feedback coming from the road, which is really what I want.
01:42Now, this is for track use only, because there's going to be more vibrations.
01:48It's going to be harsher.
01:50It might wrench the steering wheel out of your hands a little bit more aggressively,
01:53especially if you don't have power steering.
01:54This is going to be a hard car to handle.
01:55I'm excited about this.
01:57So here's the thing, though.
01:58We have to tap and ... Sorry, we have to drill little recess screw holes to hold this on
02:03here.
02:04This fits on the shaft that way, but I've got to find an angle that I can screw it on.
02:10Yeah, that's pretty easy.
02:12Actually, you know what I'm going to do?
02:15I'm going to mark ... That's what I'm going to do.
02:17I'm going to mark where this is lined up.
02:19Way to think.
02:24That's a pretty obvious piece, right?
02:25I don't actually know what this looks like when it pops out.
02:27This might be a shielding case.
02:29That's just plastic, actually.
02:30That might come off completely.
02:34Okay, bolt out.
02:41Did I get enough clearance that way?
02:43No, I can't.
02:44Just take the bolt out of the rack.
02:47Don't ... Oh, I can feel the weight of the steering wheel.
03:06All right, now I've got to turn it back.
03:08This thing will allow me ... No, it will not.
03:10I've got to get rid of this plastic piece here.
03:17Ah.
03:28There we go.
03:30That fits better.
03:31Ta-da!
03:39Maybe I didn't have to go down all the way because there is a little recess in here
03:42that will take the set screw.
03:46Now I have to drill
03:51my spots on this one.
03:54Okay, so I've marked up the location of this.
03:57This shaft is flush here.
03:59Okay.
04:00And this shaft is flush here.
04:03Now I'm going to mark where these screws go with my paint pen.
04:08Okay.
04:09In there.
04:12In there.
04:17In there.
04:18Because that's where the set screws go.
04:19I'm going to drill a little detent on here.
04:22And I don't even know if I need to do one on there.
04:25And that will make sure that this can't come off, right?
04:29Yeah, there you go.
04:30That's good.
04:33There you go. Make enough of a hole.
04:35Go in as deep as you can.
04:39Ah, it's almost like I know what I'm talking about.
04:41Oh, yeah.
04:45Okay.
04:51I have drilled the... I kept everything aligned, by the way.
04:54I've drilled the set screw holes.
04:56Not holes, just like detents in the aluminum.
04:58Okay.
04:59And now I need to go get some red thread locker
05:02because you need red to lock these in.
05:05The blue isn't strong enough.
05:06It's medium strength.
05:07I need the high strength.
05:08And I don't know about you,
05:10but I don't want this to decouple when I'm on the track
05:12because that would be a quick way to crash.
05:15Yeah, so I've got set screws and bolts that lock them on.
05:18So I'm going to go get some red thread locker
05:20and then we are done.
05:21The steering shaft conversion.
05:29That's the good stuff.
05:31Ooh, that smells strong.
05:32It's like glue.
05:40Ugh.
05:43Okay.
05:45That goes on there.
05:54Don't want to crack anything, so snug.
05:57Detents can prevent this from ever coming out,
06:00plus the thread locker.
06:02I'm pretty confident with that.
06:06Okay.
06:07Let me put these guys on to tighten down.
06:10Lots of thread locker on there still.
06:28If this comes off on the track, I swear.
06:30Okay.
06:31Let's install the Condor Speed Shop Power Steering Delete.
06:37Now I think...
06:39Okay, so basically the way this works,
06:41there is fluid and air in either side of this rack, okay?
06:46It passes up through a valve in here
06:48based on an opening because of a...
06:51I can't remember the name of it.
06:52There's a shaft that comes up and attaches to this.
06:55When that flexes, it opens up a valve
06:57and the power steering pump is able to pump fluid
06:59from one side to the other,
07:00which pressurizes the rack in either direction.
07:02We're going to delete that system entirely.
07:04And the problem is that you can't just delete that
07:06and block this off.
07:07Because what will happen is
07:09if fluid and air can't pass
07:11from one side of the rack to the other,
07:13pressure will build up
07:15and you can actually blow the seals in the rack.
07:18Which we don't want to do, obviously.
07:20So what Condor has done is
07:22designed a little plate here
07:24that just connects these two.
07:27Just connects the two sides of the rack.
07:29Which means that the fluid can pass from one side
07:33and the air, whatever is left in terms of fluid,
07:35and the air can pass from one side to the other freely.
07:37So what we're going to do
07:38is we're going to make sure
07:39I suppose this makes sense
07:41as much fluid is out of the rack
07:43really as possible.
07:45That's my plan with that.
08:05Condor doesn't mess around with packaging.
08:07Yay.
08:09I should probably just cut this.
08:11I'm lazy.
08:13Slide a washer onto your banjo bolt.
08:15Slide the delete onto the banjo bolt.
08:17Now slide the second washer
08:19onto the banjo bolt.
08:21So here is the system.
08:23Really nice milled aluminum.
08:25Looks good.
08:27Big side goes on the bottom.
08:29I'm going to screw that.
08:32I'm going to screw that.
08:34Oh, wait.
08:36Oops.
08:38I'm going to make a little sandwich
08:40of washers here.
08:54And that is pretty much it.
08:56We're going to tighten these
08:58down to, it says,
09:00they have an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene,
09:02the UHMW1 of these,
09:04but this is the aluminum one
09:06and 30 foot pounds
09:08is what it calls for.
09:14That's a 22.
09:18I think it was a 21.
09:21And there that is.
09:31And that is the Condor Speed Shop Power Steering Delete
09:33and
09:35Gleebo Delete.
09:37That is a
09:39ready to go power steering system.
09:41I'm not going to tighten these down
09:43because I'm going to remove that rack
09:45when I put the engine back in.
09:47Alright, let's
09:49see what that sounds like.
10:01It is free and easy to move.
10:03Good to go.
10:05Okay.
10:07So, there you go.
10:09That is the Condor Speed Shop Steering Coupler Delete
10:11and Power Steering Delete.
10:13Now, again, I don't think I would recommend
10:15the Power Steering Delete
10:17maybe if this is a pure road car,
10:19but if you see a lot of track
10:21and you're interested in some pretty heavy steering
10:23then this is the way to go.
10:25Now, I can't test this in this video
10:27but later on when I get these cars rolling on the ground
10:29I will give you full impressions
10:31of what it's like to drive
10:33with no power steering in an E46.
10:35I know that this is very popular
10:37with the spec E30 guys
10:39and even the E36
10:41but I haven't found much information
10:43on power steering deletes in the E46.
10:46I like heavy steering.
10:48I really like cars with unassisted steering racks.
10:50I know there's a Z4, I think,
10:52with an unassisted rack that you can get.
10:54Yeah, but
10:56my personal preference is very heavy steering.
10:58My favorite steering in the world is a Lotus
11:00or the Alpha 4C.
11:02Very, very heavy steering.
11:04Very connected road feel.
11:06You have to wrestle the car through the turns.
11:08That's what I like to do.
11:10So, I'm kind of hoping to get that feel with this car
11:12so we're going to find out if that's actually what happens.
11:14This is the first episode of Project BMW Jekyll and Hyde.
11:16We've got lots more coming.
11:18There is Mr. Hyde, the drift car.
11:20More body work is happening.
11:22We're going to be cutting some panels
11:24and welding them on there pretty soon.
11:26The engine's going back in Dr. Jekyll
11:28very soon.
11:30Everything's almost done there on that end.
11:32And then we can actually start this car
11:34and get it on the ground
11:36and see what it feels like to drive,
11:38on the road at first at least.
11:40But track season is almost here,
11:42so stay tuned for that.