Better steering rack?

[haygood at myway.com (Brian Haygood)]

Cory, I think, mentioned too little feel from the P/S rack.  Ben Harder and I talked about this a while back and decided that by cutting the spring in the P/S pump you could reduce the boost of the P/S pump by cutting it's pressure.  He said it worked like a charm.



Brian









 --- On Thu 10/05, Lance LaPrarie < sciroccojunky@gmail.com > wrote:

From: Lance LaPrarie [mailto: sciroccojunky@gmail.com]

To: marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca

     Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 17:01:50 -0700

Subject: Re: Better steering rack?



Not sure If this is 100% accurate. I had a bad rack on my 88 16v rocco. Took<br>it to the shop to get it replaced. The guy that I've been working with for a<br>long time mentioned that 16v scirocco's use a tighter ratio rack than<br>other VW's. It is a full half turn less than others. Not sure if that<br>is crap or no. I've not another VW to test that theory out on. It was a<br>different part number than the one in my Jetta though since I had that rack<br>replaced and it was a 16v also.<br><br>When I got my rack replaced wth a few other suspension do-dads. My car felt<br>brand new. With sway bars my car feels as solid as my M3. Rattles a tad more<br>in the doors and sunroof but is super solid. I was super satisfied with my<br>rack and other replacement parts. Now I know what it felt like when it was<br>new.<br><br>My Rocco turns way tighter than my tractor wheel M3. However, my rocco<br>spools up faster and is about as fast as a bone stock E36 M3.<br><br>M3 is luxury and my 
Rocco is like a go cart in comparison. Granted a really<br>fast go cart. I'd never sell either of them. BMW is truely the ultimate<br>driving machine. Don't flame me for saying that but it is true. I love VW's<br>but there is something about an M3 that just feels right.<br><br><br><br>If you have the means own both.<br><br><br>On 10/5/06, Mtl-Marc <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca> wrote:<br>><br>> I'll let you know for sure. I shall order one before christmas.<br>><br>> In fact I plan to have the car down in Cincy next year, so I can even let<br>> you drive it.<br>><br>> Cheers.<br>><br>> Marc<br>><br>> > -----Message d'origine-----<br>> > De : Marc Getty [mailto:marc@getty.net]<br>> > Envoyé : 1 octobre 2006 22:05<br>> > À : 'Mtl-Marc'<br>> > Objet : RE: Better steering rack?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > If you install this let me know! I'd be very interested in<br>> > the results!<br>> ><br>> > -Marc<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: Mtl-Marc 
[mailto:marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca]<br>> > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:55 PM<br>> > To: 'Scirocco-l@scirocco.org'<br>> > Subject: RE: Better steering rack?<br>> ><br>> > This you're looking for?<br>> > <<http://www.autotech.com/prod_susp_stracks.htm>><br>> ><br>> > I am planning to get one for next summer actually. I think<br>> > someone else on the list has one too.<br>> ><br>> > Cheers<br>> ><br>> > marc<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ><br>> > > The rack just has a regular angled cut to it's teeth.<br>> > > The pinion, due to the way it is angled in the housing, has very<br>> > > non-standard teeth. More like a helical gear.<br>> > > I doubt if you'll find any stock gear that you could<br>> > interchange with<br>> > > it.<br>> > > OTOH, Quaife makes a high ratio non-power gear set for the VW rack.<br>> > > Not cheap I'm sure.<br>> > > So, what's the problem of using the PS rack without the power like<br>> > > Jeff suggested?<br>> > > Dan<br>> > ><br>> > > From: "Cory 
Langford" <Cory_Langford@bcit.ca><br>> > > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:19 PM<br>> > > Subject: Re: Better steering rack?<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Response from the steering is not really the issue.  I already have<br>> > > very good suspension, tires, etc.  The issue is when going<br>> > into a hair<br>> > > pin corner I don't want to have to crank the wheel 360<br>> > degrees, or so.<br>> > > I would like to have less input.  It a couple inches of turn for a<br>> > > tight normal corner, and many a 1/2 to 1/4 turn for a hair pin.<br>> > ><br>> > > Kind of like changing the gear ratios in your tranny.<br>> > Maybe I should<br>> > > try to change the gear ratio in the rack :)<br>> > ><br>> > > Oh, I like manual racks better than power steering.  I have always<br>> > > thought vw's PS has a little too little of the road feel<br>> > left in it -<br>> > > although it is miles better than the ford truck I used to have :)<br>> 
> ><br>> > > Cory Langford<br>> > > ?81 1.8S (for Supercharged)<br>> > > ?78 1.9L 8V Turbo<br>> > > ?86 2.1L 8V Turbo<br>> > > ?68 Ghia<br>> > > ?95 Eurovan<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Scirocco-l mailing list<br>> > Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>> > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Scirocco-l mailing list<br>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>Scirocco-l mailing list<br>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<br>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<br>

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