Any EPAS fans out there?

[turbovan]

Great to hear your feedback, and that is what I’ve read as well; RTC becomes a non issue once you’re feeding the device RPM and VSS. Just regurgitating internet info here(no first hand knowledge), but I’ve also read multiple articles that state the EPAS does not receive/care about the angle sensor.

 

[Map63Vette]

Great to hear your feedback, and that is what I’ve read as well; RTC becomes a non issue once you’re feeding the device RPM and VSS. Just regurgitating internet info here(no first hand knowledge), but I’ve also read multiple articles that state the EPAS does not receive/care about the angle sensor.

I went back and forth on that trying to figure out if it would make any difference. On the one hand, it seems like it would make a lot more sense if it did have that info (or even had it built in to the unit itself), but then I got to thinking about what that would mean in a production environment where you might be using the same EPS unit on multiple vehicles with different steering ratios or other associated differences. The "dumber" you can make the unit, the more adaptable it would probably be. I suppose too that the anti-skid ECU would be the one to care as it would see steering angle and yaw rates and decide if there was a problem or not, then just tell the steering what to do.

I do find it interesting that the connector for the EPS unit has so many available pins, yet only uses 3 or 4 depending on the application. You would have thought they'd use a smaller connector to save space/cost, but maybe those pins get used in different applications.

Either way, as to the title of this particular thread, I'm a pretty big fan after driving my car around for the past week. It's kind of wild how smoothly the system works. It's basically silent and you really don't notice it's there, aside from the significantly lighter steering. If anything I think it's maybe a little too light for my taste, but I'm planning to tweak my speed messages to see what kind of difference that makes and to see how much I can notice. It's harder to feel how much assist it takes away at speed because you rarely put much steering lock in while going that fast. Every time I spin the wheel around with a single finger while parking it now I just cackle at how easy it is. Hard to believe how much of a difference it made.

 

[turbovan]

This makes me excited for my steering. Please let us know if you’re able to get the assistance lowered to your preference after tweaking the speed settings.

 

[kiwigtx]

Do you just need a hug?

...or a cake of soap to wash his filthy mouth with.