Power steering failure

[Mad Hatter]

I had the power steering go out on the highway today. I had just taken out my AED track tune and flashed in the performance tune about 30min before. Any thoughts?? Once I parked the car and waited a bit, it started up and was fine.

Never happend before, any thoughts???

 

[2012-Boss]

Check you charging system. If voltage drops to low, the power steering will cut out on our cars.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Check you charging system. If voltage drops to low, the power steering will cut out on our cars.

Cool. Will do. That makes sense, the altenator has been a bit noisy lately.

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[Black Boss]

+1 I've had 2 S197 Alternator issues, both times the steering went very heavy.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Lucky I have Alternator number 4 ready to go in! Just waiting for a new Boss Oilcooler to arrive then will do them at the same time. After my offroad trip, my oil cooler developed a mild drip.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Well, scary update..... I was pleased as punch in third place, catching up to two Cayman gt4's in front of me...... And it was about lap 9 when my power steering went out coming up to a Chicane at 110mph....... Had one hell of a time keeping the car on track and limped through the race for the next 6 laps without power steering...Ended up sixth..... I have a new generic battery (non agm) and a new alternator.... Swapped out the battery from a friends mustang and managed to go on for the next race with out any repeats......

Do our steering racks fail like this apart from voltage problems? This time the failure did not give a error message...... I was about to install a new braille light weight battery (agm, the 15 pound one with 574 Cranking Amps)... But now am worried that its too small.....

Also installed a Tilton oil pump so maybe that added to the voltage woes??

 

[Coz]

I do not have a Boss but I think the Boss has a larger pulley to reduce drag on the engine. If you have additional draw, perhaps using a regular GT alternator may help.

 

[Mad Hatter]

It could work, but this is my 4th altenator.... the larger pulley calms down the alternator rpm as well, I think the smaller pulley would mean I would go through alternators faster!! the car is about 75% track and 25% street now.

 

[blacksheep-1]

We lost the PS steering at Sebring, it was actually ..as I recall..a connector issue, but yes alternator voltage is crucial. We did go through a lot of alternators over the years. You may find a rebuilder that will build you a special unit for hi performance use.

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