Nimesh, check this out
 

Don't like it..

i can see a ghey bus driver using that

And the oily steering wheel makes me feel like having a body massage.

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another guy is selling one....hope you're sitting down.

HE WANTS $1,250US FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya, I laughed pretty hard when I saw that thread to Nimesh!

I can get that wheel for 300 bucks.

:D

The only steering wheel change I would want to make in my S would be this one.

http://world.honda.com/news/2000/image/4000707_1.jpg

But then again, I would want all the other stuff that goes along witht he VGS feature in the Type V

http://world.honda.com/news/1997/t970702c.html

doug, it's funny that no one - after 5 years - has figured out how to swap out the JDM shaft for the US/CN shaft.....

it's just the teeth/splines that are different.

I thought I saw a US car with that wheel on it on here. Pretty sure....

I so 100% agree with ya Nimesh.

Why not call that hardtopguy up and ask him why the hell he's dragging his feet. :LOL:

And ya know, even if you left out all the VGS mechanical and electrical features and just got down to the steering wheel, I suspect that flat bottom miht give some of the bigger S2000 owners just a tad more leg room, and that would be a good thing.

i did - not about the wheel specifially, but about swapping out the '04 rack to a pre-'04 rack.

physically, it can be done, but the TPS sensors are specific to each generation...b/c it's an electrical (not hydraulic) power steering system (signal comes from TPS), you will get some lag from the system and will alwys have a check engine light.

otherwise, i was gonna have them do it.....

Does the '04 steering suck :D

Nope...

compared to pre-'04?

yes....

Nimesh, really?
You can feel the steering is slower/requires more turning?
Wow!

You are not yanking my chain are ya? :p

doug, one unit of measure is a lot....especially when it's towards the lower spectrum of ratios.

it went from 13:1 to 14:1.

you wouldn't even notice it in most cars....but in the S2000, it's a lot.

Damn, I can't imagine how twitchy the pre 04 steering must be then.. I still find myself turning in too much sometimes and having to back off on the degree of input.

Very interesting Nimesh, thanks.

I'm driving the CRX-SiR today (S is in for a bunch of little stuff before my next driving school) and I was reminded just this morning about the S2000 steering. I can keep my hands at 10/9 and 2/3 and just turn to opposite lock and I can make it all the way up the parking ramp garage. In the CRX-SiR I have to shuffle my hands because if I don't the car will not make the corner. I can't imagine how cool the Type V would be out on the track!!!

At The Glen I'm finding I really don't like the electronic power steering going up The Esses. The determined "weight" in the wheel is way higher than I would like. In the CRX-SiR I can fly up there using just the lghtest touch of my finger tips on the wheel, this allows me to let the car find its own way. In the S I have to get more of a grip on the wheel because it takes more energy to turn the wheel and I can't feel it enough to let it find its own way. I know that may sound strandge going up hill flat out at 100+ mph, but believe me it feels so much better when the car sort of finds its own way without a lot of imput. All the other corners on the track don't bother me, but up through The Esses that electronic power steering sucks to me...

see, i don't find the S2000 steering feel to be heavy AT ALL.

there's no power steering fluid for the S, right?

at the track or highspeeds on the highway, the S just takes "the lightest touch of my finger tips" to steer.

of course i don't have any other car to compare it to - other than our other cars - but that's only a street comparison.

For the most part I agree, it is in just that one situation where it feels heavy to me. I was taught one of the fastest ways up the hill was to drive with your fingertips and not induce any extra scrubbing into the front tires, but the S just does not have that beautiful lightness the CRX-SiR's manual steering box has. In this case, older is better. :stick:

Yes, no fluids, just electronics.

maybe you got a lemon?

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