If it is of any help:
1. My
3.6 Porsche powered T3 Caravelle has it's Porsche PS pump
now connected.
When
we first built it, my then VW mechanic used a VW pump, and
it was very good.
I
like the Porsche pump because with the wider tyres it is
so light,
so
much so, that I have to readapt if I have not driven it
for a while, but once adapted it is great.
2. My
two Syncros, have stock VW pumps, and I have never wished
for more.
Especially
off road.
3. My
1990 C Type Caravelle 2WD has no power steering, and at my
age, I wish that it did.
Parking
it in a shopping centre car park is a time consuming
struggle event,
but
on the road I think that it is probably the best of them
all.
My first T3, a 1982 air cooled window van, now
the Bergmeister, did not have PS.
I loved it, and had no problem with the
steering. but that was 38 years ago and I was much
younger.
I did a silly thing back then.
The Syncro became available and I wanted one.
I approached an exec at the importers and ask
for one with special features,
one of which was no PS, because the ’82 was so
good.
He knocked me back so that I had to buy one
with the importers specs.
I’m so glad, because I think a Syncro without
PS would have been a disaster.
Peter
Hi Rowan,
I have a Subaru power steering pump in my
syncro. It works fine - but so did the VW power
steering pump - No noticeable difference.
If your pump or rack is leaking you will
have issues.
Cheers,
Scott
Has anyone
put a larger power steering pump on this syncro
and did it make a difference?
--
Best regards, Scott Pitcher SPB Consulting