TR6 electric steer - EPS
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MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4512 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Re: tr6 electric steer
Probably because they are too large. There are a number of free online sites to bring them down to a manageable size. Drop the width to 600 pixels.
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Re: tr6 electric steer
Carl was going to reconfigure the photos so they could be up loaded.
I mounted the the unit in the engine compartment. I used a 1/2 drive universal joint to couple the the unit to the steering column. I shaped the male end of the universal to fit into the column and used the original clamp to secure the joint. I shortened the input shaft of the unit and machined it square to fit into the female end of the universal joint. A standard universal joint connected the output to the intermediate shaft. A couple of angle brackets hold the unit in place. All in all pretty simple conversion. |
dwtr6v8 Don Watson West Virginia (305 posts) Registered: 12/07/2007 07:45AM Main British Car: 1974 TR6 Ford 5.0 HO |
Re: TR6 electric steer - EPS
Ken mounted his in the engine bay as well.
I would need to relocate my battery to the trunk. I may explore this option. Thanks for the pics! |
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Re: TR6 electric steer - EPS
the power unit is from a Saturn Vue, it is also used in some gm vehicles.
there are several companies that sell the control unit so that an ecu isn't needed a pot is incorporated to control the amount of assist it's worked out pretty well, I would like more centering of the wheel, but that was an issue without the power assist. I plan on adding more castor for better feed back |
BlownMGB-V8 Jim Blackwood 9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042 (6470 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 12:59PM Main British Car: 1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS |
Re: TR6 electric steer - EPS
I've found that in limp mode the EPS units tend to give about 50% assist which is just about right. They do have a short delay while they are looking for an outside computer so initialization takes up to as much as 3 seconds in some cases. But no real need for any external controls.
Jim |