[Spridgets] WWFD?

[Brad Fornal]

There is a guy in Dallas, that put a SBC in his Healey 3000, and installed
a custom Spridget rack into it. The car is VERY response, and VERY VERY
fast.

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>wrote:

> Rick, isn't there a rack & pinion that could replace that worm & peg
> steering when it finally gets sloppy?
> Good to hear Our Spridget is the best at handling because that is the most
> important thing to me, I'd even put up with slow so long that it handles ;
> ) I remember when I first meet Frank he told me about extreme play maybe it
> was an inch or more of slop.
>
> Glad yours is still tight, enjoy looks like fun.
> Lin
>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:13 AM, HealeyRick <healeyrick at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Lin,
> >
> > I think those of us who started out in Sprites expected big Healeys to be
> > like a big Sprite with more power.  They're not, they're two distinctly
> > different cars.  There's not much on four wheels that can outhandle a
> > Spridget and the big Healey is no exception.  Big Healeys have worm and
> peg
> > steering that when new is good, but nowhere near as good as the Sprite's
> > rack and pinion.  As the big Healey gets more miles on it, the steering
> > wears and gets sloppy.  A new steering box can run $1,500 and so a lot of
> > them don't get replaced.  My car had less than 25,000 miles on it, so my
> > steering is still in good shape.  But it's never going to be as good a
> > handler as a Spridget.
> >
> >
> > Rick
> >
>
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