ouch, that is the ram, hoses and tapped box, right? I have less than $150 in mine. Thats a ram with a hiem on one end, hoses, fittings, and the cost of a tap, but I tapped the box myselfQuote:
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ouch, that is the ram, hoses and tapped box, right? I have less than $150 in mine. Thats a ram with a hiem on one end, hoses, fittings, and the cost of a tap, but I tapped the box myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by JBrown89
I think my PSC setup was around $800 maybe. That was them rebuilding/hotrodding my Scout Box, All the Hoses and fittings, a kickass pump, aluminum remote reservoir (with an extry bung for when I get around to adding the Hydro-assist brakes), ram and mounts. Expensive? Yes. It does however work well. I've heard people say the ram is junk. I wonder if people mount the ram correctly? The ram should only have compressive force on it, why would it snap mounts or shafts or whatever? My hypothesis is that they are mounted funky and they get in a bind. I'm no engineer like John Cox, but I figger stuff in my head reel gud. :flipoff2: Whatever you do I would add a big reservoir and a small tranny cooler to the low side to keep it happy. The one thing that I noticed on the PSC reservoir is that it's vented on the top, so when I get sideways it liked to leak out the top. I fixed this by having my buddy fabricate a catch can with vaccuum tube, duct tape, zip ties, and a Keystone Light can.
the kits are super nice because you dont have to fawk with tapping and rebuilding your box, all you have to do is bolt it all back on, so i say if you have got the extra dough just spring for a kit or do a partial kit with box rebuild and tap job, i think my wto kit only ran like 350 or 400 but that was like three years ago, plus i have heard that wto is making a better ram these days, so this could be associated with the cost.
I like WTO, but I've not been that happy with their product. I have an early one. The ram leaks like crazy. I really need a better pump to drive it. Mine is worse than manual steering right now. After seeing how well PSC's perform and how they overnighted one to Ryan when we were in CO, I would to that route. Expensive, yes. But it's only a $100 premium (or so) over the "homegrown ones" and it's a more complete package, not just a box & ram. The reservoirs are $100+ and it's hard to value the pump when the alternative just doesn't seem to work that well.
What kinda of resevoir? You can get aluminum one's from speedway for like $20.Quote:
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power steering pumps dont work well without an engine?
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the PSC reservoirs are ribbed for her pleasure, have an internal filter, a vent and anti-foaming baffles. the $20 jobs are just an empty can.
OK, I stand corrected. I never bought one because they were so expensive. I've even looked on ebay. The lowest I had found was $75 and I always missed them.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com
Thanks. I'd still go with a PSC kit though. I'm probably going to end up buying a pump from them at least. The most homebrew I would do would be a:
- 3rd party ram - lots to be had out there that are plenty strong. Just takes shopping.
- tap a stock box - because that doesn't seem hard and there doesn't seem to be much disadvantage to it.
- buy a speedway reservoir - because it's cheap
- a PSC pump - the stock modifieds don't seem to match up in my experience
I wouldn't buy a WTO setup again. Sorry to hijack your thread JB. I just looked up at the subject and realized that thread I was in.
I have two buddies with FSBs and they have the PSC setup and love it. I just checked their website and the full kit is $1050. It is very complete, but, and I am for sure worth it, but out of my price range right now.
Thanks for the input :cheers:
i got mine for free... was planning on going full hydro until i won it at tcc a couple years back... havent put it on but the full hydro kit i wanted was 2600 so i am happy with my purchase so far
not close to being done, so don't critique it yet.
Hard for me to describe, but there will be half-halos extending off of the main hoop and two bars each going to the corners. There will be some sheetmetal work too. I ordered some Corbeaus from offroadoverstock.com ($159 a piece and free shipping) and they will be mounted to my stock sliders, then to tube running across the floor.
I am really tempted to get the double beadlocks and 39s, but not sure I can do it all for TCC.
Is that all that greg got done over spring break? Tell him to get off his ass and get to work :flipoff2:
ouch
i thought a 6.5" radius would visually look bigger than a 5.5". guess not, looks good.
Not very good pics, but it all should fit under the hardtop. We decided against the rear halo as it would have hit any rear passengers head. Still alot to do on the rear and the front hasn't been started yet.
It also decided to leak mass quantities of trans fluid while sitting in his driveway. So yeah , gotta fix that.