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gearhead290 · 05-19-2006, 11:42 AM

I'm doing an SR swap into a zenki S13. I always read that you need the DOHC power steering lines, but I've also read you can bend the SOHC PS lines to work just fine. Does anybody have any pictures of how they did it?

nrg · 05-19-2006, 03:15 PM

the SOHC lines do work, you install the line on the DOHC piece, not stright onto the pump itself.

gearhead290 · 05-20-2006, 01:05 AM

nrg-I'm having a hard time following you. Any pics to show what you're talking about? If I took a pic of the engine bay would you be able to point it out?

sblack13 · 05-20-2006, 02:06 AM

my friend just bends the lines in place and bolts up to the stock sr pump, now i think this is unsafe and very ghetto looking. But it does work.

turbospeedmuffin · 05-20-2006, 03:19 AM

Sorry, my car has been on blocks for a few months and I have hardly looked under the hood for even longer, but I'll do my best to describe.

follow your high pressure line from the rack towards the pump. On the front side of the cross member, or somewhere near, there should be a short section of flexible high pressure line. You're gonna want to bend that at about 90 degrees, using it as the main way to pivot all the lines toward the other side of the bay. From there, you gotta just really genltly bend the hard lines that go towards the pump, untill you can get it out of the way as best you can. Basically you are just bending everything over to the other side of the bay. Just be really careful bending the hard lines, if you do it too much, they will crease, becoming garbage. It's not the cleanest way, but it works and mine was/pretty much still is working to for a few years.

nrg · 05-20-2006, 03:21 AM

ah finially found the dame pictures:
someone from another forum:

gearhead290 · 05-21-2006, 01:10 AM

I'm assuming I should do this with the engine out of the car, or would I be able to pull it off with the engine in?

Thanks for the advice/pics guys, it makes much more sense now.

05-19-2006, 11:42 AM	#1
gearhead290 Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 124 Trader Rating: (2)	SOHC PS lines with SR20 I'm doing an SR swap into a zenki S13. I always read that you need the DOHC power steering lines, but I've also read you can bend the SOHC PS lines to work just fine. Does anybody have any pictures of how they did it?

05-19-2006, 03:15 PM	#2
nrg Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Age: 25 Posts: 1,486 Trader Rating: (1)	the SOHC lines do work, you install the line on the DOHC piece, not stright onto the pump itself. __________________ http://violentrunning.squidd.org/Sigs/yaktats.jpg driftingisgay.com

05-20-2006, 02:06 AM	#4
sblack13 Zilvia Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Washington State!! Age: 23 Posts: 845 Trader Rating: (2)	my friend just bends the lines in place and bolts up to the stock sr pump, now i think this is unsafe and very ghetto looking. But it does work. __________________ IS300 RHD S13 Coupe

05-20-2006, 03:21 AM	#6
nrg Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Age: 25 Posts: 1,486 Trader Rating: (1)	ah finially found the dame pictures: someone from another forum: __________________ http://violentrunning.squidd.org/Sigs/yaktats.jpg driftingisgay.com

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05-20-2006, 01:05 AM	#3
gearhead290 Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 124 Trader Rating: (2)	nrg-I'm having a hard time following you. Any pics to show what you're talking about? If I took a pic of the engine bay would you be able to point it out?

05-20-2006, 03:19 AM	#5
turbospeedmuffin Leaky Injector Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 64 Trader Rating: (0)	Sorry, my car has been on blocks for a few months and I have hardly looked under the hood for even longer, but I'll do my best to describe. follow your high pressure line from the rack towards the pump. On the front side of the cross member, or somewhere near, there should be a short section of flexible high pressure line. You're gonna want to bend that at about 90 degrees, using it as the main way to pivot all the lines toward the other side of the bay. From there, you gotta just really genltly bend the hard lines that go towards the pump, untill you can get it out of the way as best you can. Basically you are just bending everything over to the other side of the bay. Just be really careful bending the hard lines, if you do it too much, they will crease, becoming garbage. It's not the cleanest way, but it works and mine was/pretty much still is working to for a few years.

05-21-2006, 01:10 AM	#7
gearhead290 Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 124 Trader Rating: (2)	I'm assuming I should do this with the engine out of the car, or would I be able to pull it off with the engine in? Thanks for the advice/pics guys, it makes much more sense now.