High speed, stability in a type one.

[ydeardorff]

I am looking for very tight crisp handling, while still being plush enough to drive around everyday. Low to no body roll is the goal, (LOL) But say straight cruising like on a freeway is silky smooth, not..."Oh so that's where my kidneys are located".
Any help? I will be changing out the steering system in the car to an RX-7 rack and pinion. it welds right up, or can be mounted, using the stock RX-7 clamps, to the front beam, and then plugs right into the wheels in the stock location. And the steering column u-joint is alot easier to use than the lil VW rubber disk.

[miller]

Nice tip on the rx7 steering im gonna have to keep a look out. How many turns is it lock to lock. Another good option I hear is the jetta rabbit rack.

[ydeardorff]

The complete lock to lock on the RX-7 rack and pinion is 3 turns.


If you think of all the arms and excessive linkage from the steering box to the wheels in a stock VW setup. Removing it all for a single shaft rack and pinion. It's literally the input shaft and two posts sticking out the side with tie rod ends on them. It really cleans up the nose area, and simplifies the whole system. And because of the gear reduction, you dont need the steering dampner.

If you have a creatively mechincal mind you can go into your local junk yard and pick out the best of the cars there. The result can be very cool, and yes sometimes very fast!
I ran the stats on my kit, weight, gearing, HP, torque, ect and came up with a 3.3 sec 0-60 time when finished, with all my mods.

[miller]

What do you have done so far? Im currently trying to stick a ford 2.3turbo in my ghia wich should have 300hp if im lucky. So right now im just trying to compesate the rest of the cars systems to keep up. I was planning on using a passat rack/ Its tough to use racks in the junkyard cause most of the strreing wheels are locked and I cant figure out the feel and the lock to lock count. Ill keep lookin and ill definetly check out the rx7 stuff. Oh hey what style rack is it? Is it the style with the inner mounter tie rods where the tie rods that are connected to the rack are in the center of the rack or is it a outer mounted one? If you dont get what im saying I think I got a pic to clarify things.