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The rack would be properly depowered and it is basically making the rack a manual rack, its not just looping lines which does suck, so there will be no resistance from the PS section,I'm in. Don't mind manual rack as long as its a true manual conversion. Those are easy to drive. If not, power version for me. Depowered rack is too hard in transitions for autocross. I drove a miata with a depowered rack at an event and it was terrible. Even on its skinny tires. I could only imagine how much worse it would be in my car with 285 hoosiers.
EDIT: Bobby for President
That ia correct yes, the final price they give plus what ever it is to ship them over, and itz the cost of the rack shaft and pinion only, the housing is oem.So, to clarify, the expectation is that the price they give would be for the rack and pinion only, and that I would replace the the rack and pinion in my own unit when they arrive?
I'm interested, but I'm not sure if I'd want manual or power. I DD two other cars with manual steering but the largest is half the weight of the DSM so I'm hesitant to go that route in something with this much weight over the front wheels. My rack leaks pretty badly right now so I will need to have the rack out anyway to fix it, so replacing some components is fine with me. Having no PS fluid and no PS belt would be a huge plus.
EDIT: I missed the part about EMW. So the parts would go directly to EMW and we would ship our racks to them and have them do the conversion?
Yeah it does limit it i know, im hopefully going to get some details from another company that can do both manual and PS ones,Saw this when you first posted and was disappointed it would only be manual.
I am definitely in for one if you find someone to do a power rack!
Im not looking into 1G racks at the moment but i dont see why not if the 2G racks go ahead why i cannot sort the 1G cars out aswelI know this is for 2g but would it be possible for 1g? I would want evo ratio in power 1g rack. If it is possible pm with details. Thanks
If you ever consider it then pm me and we will see where it goes from there. Thanks.Im not looking into 1G racks at the moment but i dont see why not if the 2G racks go ahead why i cannot sort the 1G cars out aswel
Will doIf you ever consider it then pm me and we will see where it goes from there. Thanks.
With the teeth engagement they said both would be modified to suit what can fit inside the oem housing, they wont jam stuff in so its a matter of what CAN work and go them routes, the only option is a direct fit in this case as any machining to the housing is a hell no to be easy and cost effective solution.You must be logged in to view this image or video.
I designed a custom rack and pinion a while back and couldn't keep the factory housing without using modified gear teeth geometry (huge expense for custom tooling). But, I would like to see what you find out from Quaife. I am willing to help in any phase of this project, design, FEA, testing... Just shoot me a PM with details.
I would be interested only in a powered rack.
I second this opinion. I planned on going to an electrohydraulic PS setup anyway. Having driven a couple of Autocross cars with full manual racks I can say from experience that they would be miserable to use if you only had a manual option with real sticky tires (ie what we all wish we could run all the time). Sticky race rubber makes for a hell of a workout without any power assist.
Needless to say, if you make this happen Bobby, I am in. Would be a hell of a lot easier than trying to retrofit an Evo or Mustang II rack in.
Well this new place i found can offer a electro system for motorsport and its fully tuneable only thing is i doubt it will be the cheapest option, but i will get some prices and go from there.I was planning on using an EPS system with a manual rack. Getting rid of the hydraulics removes a bunch of complexity.
doing the depower 100% correctly vs looping the lines is 2 VERY different results! people complain about the manual rack when half assing it but once done correctly the people who do it right say its not an issue,I've actually considered changing mine to a manual rack but never liked the looped idea. No PS fluid over the alternator and one less belt, I may be in for a manual set. I think I can man up in parking lots for the less headache under the hood!