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Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: ae86 rack into t-18
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Sun, 12 September 2004 02:34
 
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No T engined car ever came with rack and pinion. Rack and pinion only came in the KE70 and AE71, and AE86. This is because the 2T/3T is a bigger engine, and with the gearbox-block stiffeners, bigger sump etc, it is hard to fit both a 2T/3T and a rack and pinion in the same car.
I put rack and pinion in my KE55 once, with 4K motor. It was alot of work. Just putting it in seamed easy (had to make a hybred steering colum, welded mounts to the crossmember etc). Then it took many sleepless nights wondering why it didn't work. Its all about geometry, and takes the most intelegent and mechanical minded person to work it out. I eventualy got it all out again, had to cut/weld/machine most of the parts to the right lengths and angles, and got it to work finaly and the car handled great.
Then I put the 2T-G in and the rack and pinion would not fit with it so I gave up and went back to the old steering. The old steering is ok. I advise against any rack and pinion conversion, unless you think you are very smart, have a lathe, a tig welder, lots of spare time, and lots of Technical LEGOtm to help you think why it didn't work the first time.
(Its all about bump steer, I know the secret if you must do this)
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steve-O | Fri, 10 September 2004 06:13 |
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TurboRA28 | Fri, 10 September 2004 06:22 |
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ae95 | Fri, 10 September 2004 06:26 |
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steve-O | Fri, 10 September 2004 09:28 |
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Norbie | Fri, 10 September 2004 10:11 |
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joeninety | Fri, 10 September 2004 22:59 |
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ae95 | Sat, 11 September 2004 05:13 |
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mrshin | Sat, 11 September 2004 05:16 |
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steve-O | Sat, 11 September 2004 10:40 |
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mrshin | Sat, 11 September 2004 12:54 |
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ae95 | Sat, 11 September 2004 15:03 |
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steve-O | Sun, 12 September 2004 00:28 |
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Jonny2TG | Sun, 12 September 2004 02:34 |
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Purple_Beasty | Sun, 12 September 2004 11:34 |
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Jonny2TG | Sun, 12 September 2004 12:31 |
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Purple_Beasty | Mon, 13 September 2004 09:12 |
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mrshin | Sun, 12 September 2004 02:50 |
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steve-O | Mon, 13 September 2004 08:04 |
