[Shotimes] Re: Adjusting Steering Rack height to compensate for lowered suspension

[Donald Mallinson]

Carl,

Raising the steering rack is only done on cars that are 
lowered significantly.

The reason is that once you lower the car, the angle of the 
steering arms is changed and the car can "bump steer" more 
than when at the stock angle.  By raising up the rack, you 
put the arms more centered in their travel.

This is mostly for those that used the SHO Shop linear 
springs or others that lowered about 2".  The Eibachs don't 
lower enough to cause much bump steer.

If the bump steer doesn't bother you, it isn't necessary.

Don Mallinson

Carl Prochilo wrote:
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> Kirk's latest post on SF now has me wanting to revisit a topic I've
> read about a while back.  Specifically I've heard that people use
> washers raise the height of the steering rack(?).
> 
> Obviously from my question I do not perceive any problems with my
> current setup.  However, I would like to know again why people do
> this, what the expected benefit is, and the procedure to do it.