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1. Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: "Bob Hokanson" <tgrrr@peoplepc.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:13:41 -0800; You often hear about a car's steering being expressed as a ratio such as a 20 to 1 or 15 to 1. What is a Tiger's steering ratio? We know it's approx 3 1/4 turns lock to lock. Bob H; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00246.html (7,141 bytes)
2. RE: Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:26:32 -0700; According to "how stuff works" (http://auto.howstuffworks.com/steering2.htm) It's the ratio of how far you turn the steering wheel to how far the wheels turn... If I recall correctly the inside wheel; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00247.html (7,361 bytes)
3. RE: Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:31:39 -0700; One of Doane Spencer's trick items on the Hollywood Sports car Tiger was a quicker rack - I don't remember for sure if the ratio was ever mentioned in anything I've read but 16:1 sticks in my mind fo; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00248.html (7,290 bytes)
4. RE: Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:34:14 -0700; ... And according to my calculator 3 1/4 turns is 1170 degrees, not 1260.... Gotta check my figures before hitting 'send'...; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00249.html (7,103 bytes)
5. RE: Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:32:21 -0800; The shop manual says the "Total angular movement (steering arm) is 58 degrees". 1170/58 is awfully darn close to 20:1. My quick ratio rack is about 2.5 turns lock-to-lock, which is about 16:1 or 25%; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00250.html (7,175 bytes)
6. RE: Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:33:24 -0700; Hi Bob, I re-read the front suspension/steering part of TigersUnited's online shop manual after I posted my math, and it states that the wheel angles should be 26.25 inside and 30 degrees outside, no; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00252.html (7,501 bytes)
7. RE: Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:52:13 -0800; Back in the mid to late 70's time frame we had a very active Tiger club here in San Diego. Among our activities was to have a local firm remanufacture the Doane Spencer quick ratio rack. I'd guess w; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00255.html (7,623 bytes)
8. RE: Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: Bill Martin <tigerfixer@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:03:58 -0800 (PST); The Spencer quick rack is still with the car, from my research I learned that Doane had three racks made up. We only go one with the car and it is totally trick. With the HSC tiger up on jackstands,; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00256.html (7,669 bytes)
9. RE: Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:11:51 -0800; Besides the pieces made in the San Diego area, Ken Mattice and Bill Miller manufactured some quick rack components of the same approximate ratio in the 70's time frame. These were not copies of the r; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00264.html (9,163 bytes)
10. Re: Steering Ratio (score: 1): Author: Dick Barker <dickbarker@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:53:30 -0800; Doane Spencer engineered the quick ratio rack for the #55 car as the result of a race at Candlestick Park. Jim Adams lost control the car with the steering jammed at full opposite lock, and went off; /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00278.html (11,081 bytes)

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