got rid of power steering...couple questions

Hey all.

Well after listening to the advice of several people here a while ago, I finally got around to bypassing the power steering pump and draining the rack and plugging it up. now my question is - Is it really supposed to be this hard to steer now? I mean, I know its gonna be hard, but its like two hands on the wheel using all my strength hard.

how does this compare to using the manual rack from an early mustang or using the Flaming River kit? if the early mustang rack will be easier, I might do that, but I can't afford the FR kit. if not, next week I'll be gettin some new hoses and puttin the new PS pump on that I bought last year.

thanks for the input

yeah it is nicer steering at speed, but in the lot its a major pain.

any idea what years the mustang came with a manual rack? and are they the same for the 4 cyl, v6 and v8s? Probably gonna try to get one from the junk yard seeing as I don't want to pay autozone $115 plus a $50 core charge that I wouldn't get back.

think I'll try searching on this as well...