Steering rack conversion fail v.weird parts
#23
Has anyone tried looped and with the seals blown out? I'm not willing to do it but it would be neat to see a real world comparison.
It's pretty light looped. My wife drives this car too. She says her dads 74 RSR is harder to steer then the Miata. She's driven them both and doesn't like moving the RSR out of the trailer or around the paddock area because of the steering effort. Says they're the same once you get rolling.
I can't even think of a time there would be enough fluid moving to slow steering response. On jack stands I can easily move the steering side to side by moving the actual tire (holding it at 3 and 9 o'clock) and when I do the steering wheel is turning faster lock to lock then I could/would turn it, so there is no way I could move it that quickly driving.
Air flows more easily but I like the idea of some sort of lubrication and I don't feel resistance with the fluid in there.
There is no hydraulic assist either way so I imagine the effort is the same at 0 speed, especially since you really can't turn the steering wheel fast enough to cause restriction. It would be different if you just plugged the rack and didn't allow the fluid to move.
Plus with the loop I can just add the bracket pump and lines if needed/wanted.
Last edited by Underway; 04-12-2011 at 10:58 PM. Reason: a bit harsh...
#27
Yes, just like that. I've seen that picture around in many of these threads - you are famous! Welding the pinion is often skipped because people fail to understand how it works - they give it a twist with their hands and assume it is solid. I'm just suggesting a serious track guy would want to do the full monty and weld the pinion.
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I started putting everything together yesterday, but I was overcome by confusion:
It seems there are multiple steering rack shafts and apparently the shaft from the rack's u-joint to the fire wall does not have a "bolted coupler" at the firewall. Is this correct? There are grooves in the shaft for two bolts, but I don't see where these bolts would go...it slides in and out until bolted to the rack's u-joint.
It seems there are multiple steering rack shafts and apparently the shaft from the rack's u-joint to the fire wall does not have a "bolted coupler" at the firewall. Is this correct? There are grooves in the shaft for two bolts, but I don't see where these bolts would go...it slides in and out until bolted to the rack's u-joint.
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I have this thing together now and there is some very minor plan in the pinion. I have ~1mm from the driver's seat. I can feel the play at the u-joint/pinion housing. I tightened up the lower pinion bolt a bit more, and added some tension on the spring and it's better but still there. Is that slight slop fixable?
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I just depowered a FD RX7 rack for a guy a couple of weeks ago and just last night he mentioned reading about welding the pinion shaft. I had never done this before as it wasn't in the FM instructions. He's bringing it to the house tonight and we are going to weld the pinion. Interesting to see that here as well. Never knew about it.
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I put it on the ground and drove it yesterday, trying to load up the wheel as much as possible and it felt pretty good. It seems to hold steering angle better than ever before. I already have a lot of pressure/resistance on the little spring loader guy, but I think I'm going to add a touch more to get that heavy, Porsche feel. I think more resistance will help me hold steering angle better and not react so much/saw the wheel mid corner.
Thanks to everyone who provided input, and no thanks to anyone who drives a Bauce 302...however I appreciated the late-night sexting.
Thanks to everyone who provided input, and no thanks to anyone who drives a Bauce 302...however I appreciated the late-night sexting.
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I put it on the ground and drove it yesterday, trying to load up the wheel as much as possible and it felt pretty good. It seems to hold steering angle better than ever before. I already have a lot of pressure/resistance on the little spring loader guy, but I think I'm going to add a touch more to get that heavy, Porsche feel. I think more resistance will help me hold steering angle better and not react so much/saw the wheel mid corner.
Thanks to everyone who provided input, and no thanks to anyone who drives a Bauce 302...however I appreciated the late-night sexting.
Thanks to everyone who provided input, and no thanks to anyone who drives a Bauce 302...however I appreciated the late-night sexting.
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