EPAS for the Stratos

[Ken Tomblin]

I’m looking at fitting EPA’s to my car would the corsa d be a good compact unit to fit or does it need to be the corsa b any help or thoughts welcome

Regards Ken

[Normb666]

There was a discussion about this somewhere on the forum a coupla years ago. Dave Evans and Robin Tyler-Morris have it fitted to their cars and I believe it's an option on a LB kit now. Ask them or Craig, to save you reinventing the, er, wheel....um, sorry....

[Strat Fan]

I’m looking at fitting EPA’s to my car would the corsa d be a good compact unit to fit or does it need to be the corsa b any help or thoughts welcome

Regards Ken

Hello Ken,

For the LB it has to be the Corsa B but I think for the Hawk you could get away with the Corsa C as well.
Andy P might be the best man to ask though as I think he's already part way down the journey of fitting one to the Hawk chassis.
Personally for me I found the simple dash mounted potentiometer the easiest way to control the Corsa column although David E has successfully used the speed sensitive version.

Regards

[Media]

I’m looking at fitting EPA’s to my car would the corsa d be a good compact unit to fit or does it need to be the corsa b any help or thoughts welcome

Regards Ken

Hi Ken, I used a Corsa B on my Fiat 131 grp4 replica, you will also require a speed control box from ebay. Checkout Grp 4 fabrication they produce a complete kit for a Escort which can be modified for a Stratos.

Geraint

[ducatiman]

Only the Corsa B will fit............tried to install the Corsa C unit but it is too long.

[Ken Tomblin]

Thanks Andy for the info is theCorsa d to long as well as there’s one local to me! Do you have any dims of your brackets they look very neat.
Regards and a very happy new year to to you and Carol Ken

[john]

I'm looking at this at the moment Ken. For my LB.
But there are a lot of columns out there to choose from now.
Nissan Juke is a short unit which might suit.
I'm hoping to get hands on with a few alternatives in the next few days.

[Ken Tomblin]

Thanks John. Could you please keep me posted with your progress

Regards Ken

[Strat Fan]

Only the Corsa B will fit............tried to install the Corsa C unit but it is too long.

Thanks for the confirmation Andy.
One of the upsides of the Corsa B is that it is all but identical in length to the Fiat column which allows it to be fitted as a replacement to the X1/9 without compromising the steering wheel position.
Not relevant for Ken but for IVA then it is better to have a collapsible steering boss present. This brings the steering wheel about as far back into the cockpit as I'd like it to be, spacing the column rearwards is not really an option for me.
To satisfy German TUV we've had a bespoke column made in mainland Europe but as with anything bespoke it came at a cost.

[ducatiman]

Purchased my Power Steering Shaft and Joints from GRP4 Fabrications for the Corsa EPAS Installation.............Geraint already mentioned GRP4 Fabrications earlier in the thread.

https://www.grp4fabrications.com/sus...-steering-kits