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I was noticing on F1 today that from lock to lock they have one full turn on the steering wheel. and a little research later, I found a lot of race cars and have much tighter steering ratios all the was down to 1:1
Our cars have a variable rate steering that start at 17:1 and the after 15 degrees, it starts to gradually go down to 13:1. Making it slower turning when driving on highways, and when you go into twisties and go past the 15 degrees, the turning ratio becomes sharper and the angle of the wheels turn out sharper.
So here is my idea.
I am thinking that 2.5 rotations if you want the can to turn quick. So I was looking at the possibilities of maybe a custom gear on the steering rack, making the turning 1.5 times from lock to lock... currently our rack takes 2.6 turns from lock to lock.
I think this would be Great for AutoX and track as well - as less steering input would be needed to get the car to turn, and less turning would mean more control and less hand movements.
So maybe taking a current variable rack gear we have now and cutting out the middle section to remove one full rotation ( half turn on each side ). If we cut it out of the center of the gear, it would remove most of the 17:1 variable part of the ratio. It would start out in the 15:1 ratio....
Thoughts?
power steering issues, of anything else that you can think of that might make this a good or bad ides?
( this is not meant for cushy street driven only cars.... )
Our cars have a variable rate steering that start at 17:1 and the after 15 degrees, it starts to gradually go down to 13:1. Making it slower turning when driving on highways, and when you go into twisties and go past the 15 degrees, the turning ratio becomes sharper and the angle of the wheels turn out sharper.
So here is my idea.
I am thinking that 2.5 rotations if you want the can to turn quick. So I was looking at the possibilities of maybe a custom gear on the steering rack, making the turning 1.5 times from lock to lock... currently our rack takes 2.6 turns from lock to lock.
I think this would be Great for AutoX and track as well - as less steering input would be needed to get the car to turn, and less turning would mean more control and less hand movements.
So maybe taking a current variable rack gear we have now and cutting out the middle section to remove one full rotation ( half turn on each side ). If we cut it out of the center of the gear, it would remove most of the 17:1 variable part of the ratio. It would start out in the 15:1 ratio....
Thoughts?
power steering issues, of anything else that you can think of that might make this a good or bad ides?
( this is not meant for cushy street driven only cars.... )