Reply to "Electric Power Steering"

This is the unit that appears to be used in the EZ kit.

FIAT SEICENTO EPS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING COLUMN + ECU 46536786 PW22BD0006

It is from a Fiat Seicento, which is the 600 series. It is from the right hand drive version.

I did some research on it and Fiat owners have been having a lot of issues with it. Lots of warranty replacements apparently.

That model is not sold in the US, at least as a right hand drive it isn't. It is presumptuous on my part to think that the left hand drive has the motor on the right of the steering column but that's what I think Fiat did with the car.

The most disturbing information that shows on it is it blows out the fuse a lot. a 60 amp fuse. Think about that?

The 600 is a little car with very little load on this eps unit. Caution should prevail in a Pantera particularly since you need to trim sheet metal out of an already light duty mounting in the car and you are in addition removing 2 or the four original Pantera mounting bolts of the steering column.

With the EZ kit mounted in the car, you can see the column wiggling as the unit applies torque to the column.

In theory this is all a great idea but I think I am probably going to pass on it.

Best of luck to all who choose to press on with this.