just wandering... and i havent found eney info on it.

Has eney one tride a steering quickener on there car

 

A what?

 

I second that with a;

'huh?'

 

drifters use it, the simple way to explain it is it makes it so you you turn the wheel less, so if you turn the wheel a half turn with it its like turning the wheel a half turn.

 

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...14032&D=314032

back when i was racing circle track some classes uesd them.

 

The biggest problem is our shaft and box are one unit and would be a PITA to get one to work. I've been thinking about it for a while myself and will do more research once I get off my but and get a R&P setup.

 

get the respeed R&P set up.

youll have a better system, and can get quicker ratio racks

 

yes iknow that the reespeed kit is the hot setup... but iwas wandering if eneyone has had eney success with a steering quickener. $200. vs $1,000.

 

I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to adapt if you wanted, but either way you will still have that play in your steering wheel.

 

Step 1. Get very heavy dumbbells.
Step 2. Curl them about 100 times a day, per arm.
Step 3. Put weights on your steering wheel.
Step 4. Do the same with the steering wheel as the dumbbells.
Step 5. Do this for two weeks.
Step 6. After two weeks, remove weights from the steering wheel.

Your arms should be strong enough to whip that steering wheel a lot quicker than before.

 

i read sometime earlier, one of the forum mebers changed out the gears in our steering box. that would be a help for stering.

 

sounds cheaper than anything else available. if you want cheap go for this one other wise go with the respeed units they are more expensive but more reliable

 

whats wrong with their quick steer box a lot better than stock http://www.mrcmfg.com/respeed/catalo...b4c473270765a7
and it doesnt cost 1000 dollars there are others out there

 

If you have a manual unit, install a ps unit, it has a quicker ratio.

 

A friend of a friend had a quickener on a Fiat X1/9 auto-x car. It also had a power steering system put in as well. IIRC the car was about 1 turn lock to lock and on a auto-x course you never had to go more than about 90 degrees either way with the wheel. It was an evil system to learn to drive because anybody who got in the car spun out in the first turn. Once you got used to it it was a blast to drive.

Keep in mind the effort will double if you double the ratio. That's why the Fiat ended up with power steering.

 

That was Man in Black. We're working on doing a unit for my car, and we've already taken a lot of the pictures for the coming writeup, but its not exactly the highest priority for either of us right now.

I drove his car with the modified box, and the steering was light as a feather and felt very quick. Hopefully he can repeat this for my car. If so, he will be a hero of this community in very short order. Don't expect anything on it until Spring though. We both have too many projects in the works right now that are taking a higher priority...

 

Theres about ten different models you can chose from. There made in both 1 1/2 to 1 and 2 to 1. And YES!!! Power steering is a must as it makes turning the steering wheel much harder. After I put power steering on the car, I had to go to 50 weight oil in the power steering, because it steered too easy. Been there/ done that.

 

Pretty sure that it had something to do with a mustang gear box right? Any idea on year or model so that those of us who plan on doing this can get the parts ready??

 

No idea. Man in Black might be able to help if you PM him... His original thread on this is in the archive, even though it was not finished. Check that out.

 

Talked to a guy who put a steering quickener on his REPU. I think it was a 1.5:1 ratio. He said the steering effort was increased only slightly more at slow tight parkinglot turns but fine everywhere else.

And yea, a higher ratio box is a much easier way to go.

 

I did a steering quickener. Sorry for the crappy phone pics. It can be done fairly easy as seen in pics if you use a inline quickener. It was used for drifting and worked great with only 2 turns lock to lock.

 

thanks for all the info guys... i like the idea of the hybred box i want to do something about the steering in the spring.

my wandersteer isn't that bad but i would like better steering

---thanks---

 

how did you do this?

 

I dont really know it just happend after falling asleep one night dreaming of a steering quickener in my FB.

 

darn...