^Fair enough.  I unfortunately (for my wallet) caved and bought a E46 M3 MK60 unit. Good Lord, these things got out of control expensive. It seems pretty much impossible to get one under $1000, particularly in the range that 3DM Motorsports recommends in there FAQ and unit ID guide. I saw one for $550, but it was from an '01. I have no idea whether, or not it needs the precharge pump. Also, maybe someone will have better luck with sourcing a unit from 3DM themselves. I was told they had none on hand with no visibility on when that could, or would change. If the AP1 units stay cheap enough, maybe I'll get one and do a back to back test. No promises, though.

1st off I am not affiliated with this company, Just a curious customer who reached out is all!

I've been throwing around the idea of converting my car over to an electric style power steering. Ive seen some write ups, but came across the guys over at epowersteering.com. They have a kit that installs into the Miata for k swapped or other swapped engines. I was gonna buy the kit and retrofit it into the fd. Before I did that, I reached out to the owner of the company and he was intrigued with the FD and decided to order a steering column for the fd before we even spoke! Now if I lived in the area I would be signing up this minute as the 1st guy to have him build the jig for. Instead I am offering it to a lucky individual here on the forum that would be willing to work with Kim at epowersteering.com to build a kit for our cars! He would need your car for a week at most and the lucky person that takes it on will receive the kit free of charge! Vehicle needs to have a manual or depowered rack for this to happen. He would then put the kit into production for our vehicles! Reach out to kim 858.774.4610 or Sales@Epowersteering.com 1st come 1st served.