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1. TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: "David Talbott" <dtalbott@archrepro.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:42:45 -0700; Speaking of rack and pinion options for TR3's, does anyone have any experience with the Revington kit? From what I've seen and read about them on-line, they seem to say all the right things with resp; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00340.html (9,200 bytes)
2. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: "barry rosenberg" <britcars@bellsouth.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:56:23 -0400; If anyone is thinking about doing this swap, find someone who has and see if you can drive their car. You will instantly agree to do it. Barry; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00341.html (7,389 bytes)
3. Re: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: m-syork@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:23:59 +0000; I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I chatted with the SOVREN competition/tech guys earlier in the week regarding placement of my TR3 in the grid. They basically said that if the car is built to SC; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00342.html (10,863 bytes)
4. Re: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Fubog1@aol.com; Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:36:06 EDT; but I'm having a hard time comprehending how the worm and peg could be quite so bad, especially if it is maintained. I'll admit that my prior TR3 racing experience is many years past, but I don't rec; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00343.html (9,131 bytes)
5. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:55:13 -0700; The FV's are a lot more visible than the old chain drive special. He used to suddenly appear at my elbow and scare the heck out of me. I doubt that SOVREN would get sideways about a rack. I could be; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00344.html (11,758 bytes)
6. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:51:24 -0700; The problem with the worm and peg is that it gets vague very quickly. Under normal street use it gets notchy relatively quickly. You have a small peg being pressed very hard into a small diameter wor; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00345.html (10,468 bytes)
7. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:52:03 -0700; Actually, there are a lot of tracks where bump steer can stick you into a wall. Turn one at Pacific Raceways springs immediately to mind. It's fairly tricky to get a stock TR3 steering system to be t; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00347.html (10,957 bytes)
8. Re: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: "Joe Boruch" <jaboruch@netzero.net>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:53:45 GMT; I just made the switch to R&P over the winter and I have not seen it translate into faster lap times yet. Over all the car steers much nicer and since I adjusted the bump steer at the same time it be; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00356.html (10,364 bytes)
9. Re: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:34:32 -0500; I think Joe is onto the crux of the matter. We're in this hobby for enjoyment, after all. If you can make a change to a car that makes it feel better, or is easier to operate, it's more fun and it's; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00357.html (9,338 bytes)
10. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:57:00 -0700; Actually I've seen Mr. Talbot drive, and I think this whole business of translation to faster lap times is a bit off the mark. When you have a car that handles with precision, you are much more comfo; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00358.html (11,495 bytes)
11. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:04:50 -0700; I think the most impractical part of some of the rules is that they make driving the cars less fun. Somehow anything that makes the cars safer is okay--but if we were really going to be real, we sho; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00359.html (10,258 bytes)
12. Re: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: N197TR4@cs.com; Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:44:44 EDT; This is the first time I have seen "Ackerman Effect" mentioned relative to Racing Triumphs. Is it really important or relevant to a TR sliding through the corners and sometimes with a locked rear? Jo; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00365.html (8,089 bytes)
13. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:31:43 -0700; Ackerman is always important--even in a kid's wagon--for some reason it's just rarely understood. Picture the basic radio flyer negotiating a turn, the inside wheel follows a tighter track than the o; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00366.html (10,355 bytes)
14. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:34:16 -0700; Oh, one more thing--your Ackerman is "true" when lines drawn through the centerline of the trunnion and the pivot point of the steering arm intersect at the middle of the rear axle This is the first; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00367.html (8,421 bytes)
15. Re: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>; Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:14:45 -0700; Without Ackerman the two front wheels are trying to travel through totally different arcs when going thru a corner, thus you are scrubbing speed and also inducing understeer. -- Original Message -- F; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00368.html (8,124 bytes)
16. RE: TR 3 Steering (score: 1): Author: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:13:37 -0700; I think some of the understeer in TR3/4 come from their having "less" Ackerman. The odd sounding terms (less, true and more) come from the fact that Ackerman is a very archaic notion, probably the ve; /html/fot/2005-07/msg00369.html (8,789 bytes)

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