mighty max, D50, L200

[STAZZA]

hi there i have a l200 (ute) and it had a 4g54 in it with power steering and i have put in my vr4 motor with a SHOC water pump and now the original power steering pump off the vr4 motor wont fit due to the off set of the water pump and am just wondering if any one has had this same problem with there ute and how you got arround this problem as i would still like to have the luxury of power steering

[DJpowerHaus]

Is it too hard to switch to a DOHC bracket, water pump, and heater hose pipe?

[STAZZA]

Nah its not to hard but i have had water pump modified to suit, and i was just thinking that if i used the SOHC water pump that i could then use the lower radiator hose so that it would look almost factory

[DJpowerHaus]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

This is why I made a bracket to mount my PS pump on the block under the intake manifold. This was also to simplify lines for the S13 steering rack. It does eliminate the air conditioning compressor though.

On Craig's car, we went with a manual box until we can do a steering swap for him too. He has air conditioning though so we'd need to mount the power steering pump somewhere else. Maybe we will move the alternator to the driveshaft and put it there? I have no idea.

[STAZZA]

Thanks man did you make your own bracket or was there one off another car that you used i dont need a/c, being in new zealand our cars are right hand drive so rack on other side so not too stressed about the lines as i can make my own to suit i have heard that a toyota mr2 runs an electric power steer pump but they are so hard to find.

[DJpowerHaus]

I had a 1" x 1" aluminum bar that I drilled and mounted on the block. I then had tabs welded onto it to mount the pump. Its important to keep all the bolt holes tight and accurate or else you'll get deflection in the pump when you tension the belt and will start chewing up belts. I used the pulley that drove the AC compressor to drive the pump but without all the fancy tensioners; I just used a piece of angle bracket wedged between the block and the pump. In my case I used a KA24DET pump (3 rib) but an Silvia pump (4 rib) would work too.

Makes more sense having the pump on this side on a left hand drive car, but its nothing you couldnt solve with longer lines. I used AN adapter fittings and Matt made me a -6 AN hydraulic hose for the high pressure side and regular steel braided cable for the low pressure side to an oil cooler and then to the reservoir. I had to source a 1/2" urethane hose for the suction line to the pump. Regular hose kept collapsing. Would have used AN line for this, but I would have had to make my own adapter fitting for the pump.