Has anyone ever done this. The benefit is hydraulic power steering as opposed to electrically assisted. If anyone has any knowledge or links on this it would be much appreciated.

I'm curious why you see hydro steering as a benefit over electric steering.

Typical hydraulic steering provides more feel than electric steering, but the RX-8 has great steering feel. Most magazine reviews indicate the car has great steering feel as well. I've never been a fan of power steering, but I have to admit that with the RX-8, I do not miss my old TII's manual rack and pinion. Do you disagree?

Before you swap a steering rack pay very close attention to the geometry else you may end up with bumpsteer.

If you're interested in understanding bumpsteer check this out:

http://www.racecartuner.com/03/203.html

Cluelessness

U haz it ....

I love teams enthusiasm.

nice post kartweb

The benefit to hydraulic power is steering feel as previously stated. The real reason I would want to do it however is that I have heard you can add massive steering angle to the 8 this way. That.s why I wanted to know if people had any info on it. Part of this angle adding I believe has to do with the after-market support for FD steering mods.

Have you tried drifting the 8 with the angle it has? It has plenty of angle unless you absolutely need more.......

:dammit: I want my lost 30 sec on this thread back....plus maybe a bit more.

Have you tried drifting the 8 with the angle it has? It has plenty of angle unless you absolutely need more.......

Yessir I have. It has ok angle (stock on stock better than the 3rd gen rx7) I can't find anything out there to increase the angle though. Whereas the rx7 has many options