Motor Sport – Electric Power Assisted Steering. (EPAS)

October 2011

Ultimate Power Steering has been appointed as the distributor for DC Electronics, Electronic Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) products in Australia and New Zealand.

DC Electronics is pleased to announce that it has appointed Ultimate Power Steering as the distributor of its Electronic Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) products.

DC Electronics Managing Director David Cunliffe comments: “We are committed to servicing the global motorsport industry and working with the team at Ultimate Power Steering allows us to continue to fulfill that commitment.” DC Electronics has developed fully integrated, standalone EPAS systems for both competition and road use. They are compact units, requiring only a battery connection to work and have a substantial weight saving advantage over hydraulic systems.

DC Electronics has 15 years’ experience in the motorsport industry. The company has production facilities in both the UK and North America, ensuring it is at the forefront of innovation and technology on a global scale. Their EPAS systems have been successfully installed on touring cars, rally cars, endurance vehicles and F1 Powerboats. Click Here to visit DC Electronics web site.

Ultimate Power Steering Company Director Warwick Hutchinson comments: “We are delighted to be working with DC Electronics as a distributor of their products. They have an excellent reputation within the motorsport industry and we are looking forward to generating some excellent results.”

We stock (EPAS) systems that have been developed by Ultimate Power Steering.

These systems are available for Motor Sport applications in a few different levels.

Basic Motorsport – EPAS (Kit)

This system can be mounted anywhere between the steering wheel and the steering rack or steering box. The torque sensor is within the motor/Gearbox unit.

This unit is a Steering Colum driven by an Electric Motor & ECU the Signal Generating Unit (SGU) is supplied so the user can adjust the steering effort to within the ECU settings.

The kit contains – Motor / Gearbox unit, Input Shaft adaptor (Can be machined to fit your steering wheel / hub), Output shaft Coupling (Can be split to allow fitment to your Manual steering unit), Locking pin and safety collar, Signal Generating Unit (This allows the user to adjust the steering effort)

Benefits

Small compact units, requiring only a battery connection to work.
No messy hydraulic connections or systems to bleed.
Weight saving advantage over hydraulic systems.
Reduced mechanical drag on engine compared to hydraulic engine driven pumps.
Built-in fail-safe which allows the system to revert to conventional steering in the unlikely event of a fault occurring.

How it works

The EPAS system is installed into the existing steering column.
An electric motor and torque sensor are fitted inside with the steering column.
The torque sensor monitors the amount of force applied by the steering wheel.
This signal is fed into the EPAS factory ECU where the motor delivers the appropriate amount of assistance to power the steering rack or box.

(This system is upgradable to the Ultra ECU at any stage)

Basic Motorsport – EPAS (Upgrade ECU)

This system is the same as the Basic Motorsport – EPAS kit but the factory ECU is replaced with the Ultra ECU. The Ultra ECU is a programmable unit, it simply plugs into the Basic Motorsport – EPAS motor and allows the user to adjust the range of steering effort to and allows a wider and finer range of adjustment to the EPAS system.