I have been running my 87 this way for the last 5 years, after the rack started leaking. I picked up 3-4 mpg, and increased my biceps 1". As you noticed, there seems to be no difference in feel once moving. I live in the suburbs and don't have to parallel park very often; if I did, it would have been a different story. Chris
Max/Joyce Wellhouse wrote: > Spent the last few days drivingthe 90GL with the PS hoses coupled but > disconnected from the crank pulley and I must agree with Ken, this tired old > waterboxer motorr has more pep without the drag of the ps pump. > > As others have reported, the stiffest part is cranking the wheel from > deadstraight away when at a stop, but burning a few extra calories wrestling > the wheel won't hurt me in the leat. The "feel' of the wheel doesn't seem > to have been conpromised as I've been driving through hydroplane-quality > rainstorms the past 2 days and felt very comfortable with the feedback the > stock(ie smaller) wheel is giving me. Prolly won't buy me another 20k on > this motor, but it will take some stress ofthe breaking in ofthe new one in > a few weeks. > > Dimwitted moose and Flying Squirrel |
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