What will kill pumps is temperatures exceeding 300 degrees F. Another idea that helps control temperature is to replace the late-model, plastic power steering pump reservoirs with a remote reservoir.

Lee Mfg. race car power steering includes blueprinted Saginaw 800 series box (A), reworked high-volume pump (B), remote reservoir (C), cooler (D), inline filter (E), and heavy-duty column coupler ...