Aftermarket Power Steering Pump
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Aftermarket Power Steering Pump
I need to find an aftermarket power steering pump that can handle the belt tension of a supercharger. I have gone through 2 pumps. The bearings wearout and the pump breaks or the shaft bends and breaks. Are there any good pumps that fit a 99 vette that have better bearings and a stronger shaft?
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St. Jude Donor '06 & '12
Theres got to be an underlying issue.
MANY of us are runing 16-18psi and still running the stock P/S pump. And I know of at least 12-15+ guys that are in the 9's with oem equipment. As a matter of fact, I dont think they even make an aftermarket replacement pump. I saw in another thread that you are having the same issue on the alternator. I would be willing to bet there is something else going on thats causing the bending shafts.
MANY of us are runing 16-18psi and still running the stock P/S pump. And I know of at least 12-15+ guys that are in the 9's with oem equipment. As a matter of fact, I dont think they even make an aftermarket replacement pump. I saw in another thread that you are having the same issue on the alternator. I would be willing to bet there is something else going on thats causing the bending shafts.
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The issue is with the tension of the belt. The tension on the belt causes the alternator and the power steering to bend. I am running around 16 psi on a paxton novi 2000 with an 8 rib setup. The belt slips with the tension any looser than where it is set.
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The issue is with the tension of the belt. The tension on the belt causes the alternator and the power steering to bend. I am running around 16 psi on a paxton novi 2000 with an 8 rib setup. The belt slips with the tension any looser than where it is set.
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But there are dozens, if not close to 100 guys that are runnning the Paxton Novi kit on the stock pump . I would be willing to be 99.99-100% of all of the paxton owners are running oem P/S pumps and alternators. WHY would your kit be ANY different?
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The difference could be the boost getting up around 18 sometimes. I'm having to replace the alternator, the power steering pump (2nd time). I am going to switch to a 10 rib setup and hope that I can get the belt to not slip with less tension. Does anyone know anythin about COG setups and if they work good on the novi 2000
