Tighter Steering Wheel

[manu]

I recently bought a EM2 with a K20A2, my last car was a 2003 Rsx-Type S I notices that the steering wheel on the civic is a lot more loose, the RSX was tighter to turn and felt better at higher speed, compared to that the civc is loose and seems to have a lot more play to it.. any ideas?

 

[JerseyStrong]

thats a civic for you. Just about any other car has a much tighter turn.

 

[Billy.]

^^

a civic is going to feel like a wheel-barrow compared to most other sporty cars

 

[raz18]

so how do we fix it? i would like to know too

 

[JerseyStrong]

...you don't

 

[raz18]

yeah but wouldnt it be better for the handling of the car?

 

[vjf915]

You trade the s**t back in for the Type S .

 

[raz18]

^^ lol yep. but where that em2 love at man!? haha

 

[JohnS.]

Get a smaller steering wheel. Handling will feel more responsive. Smaller steering wheel = less rotation of the wheel to turn = quicker "steering".

 

[vjf915]

Seriously though, can the OP explain why he went from a Type S with the K20A2 to an EM2 with a K20A2??? Its the same damn engine...and it seems to me that a car with a stock engine is probably more reliable than a swapped car.

 

[ryanM]

Seriously though, can the OP explain why he went from a Type S with the K20A2 to an EM2 with a K20A2??? Its the same damn engine...and it seems to me that a car with a stock engine is probably more reliable than a swapped car.

to the uneducated it WOULD seem that way...

 

[joe7987]

It's possible his old car was wrecked or stolen... I doubt he traded it in.

 

[ryanM]

oh yea.

if you want to tighten it up

urethane (or solid if you are cool) steering rack bushings ( i doubt they make these for 7th gen, but who knows)

smaller steering wheel

steering ratio quickener (i doubt they make these for 7th gens... unless you can make an RSX one work)

i think thats about all you can do on a civic.

 

[vjf915]

to the uneducated it WOULD seem that way...

Yea, because Honda's come from the factory SOOOO unreliable........






Jackass .

 

[somejaykid]

Seriously though, can the OP explain why he went from a Type S with the K20A2 to an EM2 with a K20A2??? Its the same damn engine...and it seems to me that a car with a stock engine is probably more reliable than a swapped car.

maybe for lower insurance and the sleeper effect

 

[Kaotic_Zeus]

Install a Neuspeed front strut bar, EP3 steering wheel, it should do the trick for you, or close. 6th gens are even worse when it comes to a loose steering wheel...

 

[ryanM]

Yea, because Honda's come from the factory SOOOO unreliable........






Jackass .

i never said they were unreliable

YOU said that swapped cars are less reliable, which is absolutely FALSE

 

[vjf915]

Depending on who did the swap, no its not entirely false. If you did the swap, it would probably be pretty reliable, if I did it.....not so reliable .

 

[manu]

interesting

I did wreck my RSX and I used to have an EJ8 so an EM2 with a K20A2 with lower insurance and the "sleeper effect" is nice..

I thought it would have something to do with the power steering giving to to much assistance...?