Manual rack any good ?

[evodan]

Can anyone advise me if changing my PAS to a pre-facelift 325 manual rack would be a worth while conversion ie,

Lock to lock ratio

Feedback/ feel

Using 16" wheels

Please advise guys.

[Theo]

I've got manual steering on a 325i with 16" wheels, it's very nice to drive with, especially at higher speeds, it's when you are parking that it is a bit of a pain in the arse.

[pnd]

I have a manual rack on my 325 and it does feel better at speed without the looseness of the PAS system; interestingly I recently read some reviews of the e30 when it was new and some of the motoring journalists preffered it without PAS. Other advantages are that they are cheap to replace unlike the pas, lighter and have less to go wrong. Its really down to how much parking in tight spots you have to do although a couple of extra psi in the front tyres helps. I dont know how a pre facelift manual rack differs from a post facelift one; power steering was not standard on the first facelift cars.