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11-06-2016, 03:43 PM

scottj

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Originally Posted by Cobranut

How does a steering rack even get full lock with less than 1/2 turn of the wheel? The pinion would have to be enormous, or the steering arms extremely short to achieve that.

I had 3/4 turn lock to lock with an 3.9"/turn Appleton rack and 5" steering arms. I've also run a 4.5" Sweet rack that was noticeably quicker. Pinion sizes were approximately 1.2" dia and 1.4" dia. These were on dirt late models. A standard road race rack is 2.0"/turn while an autocross rack might be 3.14"/turn. Easy-peazy...

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