Miata Mailing List: May 1998, Message #196

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> >
> > If you put on a smaller pulley, the power assist should be reduced
> at
> > lower revs.
> >
> > If I'm wrong, blame it on the fact that I've never owned a car with   
    

> > powersteering, and I've never felt comfortable driving a car with
> it...
> >
> > Fletch.
>
>
> Don't you mean a larger pulley?  Large pulley=lower RPM
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Max,

I'm assuming the pump already reduces power assist at higher RPM, as I   
have been told it does.

So, if you want the drop in power assist to cut in sooner (lower RPM),   
you have to change the pump speed to crank speed ratio by speeding up the   
pump, thus a smaller pulley.

Fletch.