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piggy1600cvh - 16/10/08 at 02:44 PM

hi all, just wondered if there is another steering rack i can use instead of the mk2 escort one on the ron champions kit car,

many thanks
mat

matt_gsxr - 16/10/08 at 03:39 PM

why bother looking for something different?

Mk2 Escort are cheap, light reliable, and available in loads of ratios from Rallydesign for next to nothing.



Matt

maskell01 - 16/10/08 at 05:42 PM

Cheap at rally designs?i think someone is telling porkies!

piggy1600cvh - 21/10/08 at 06:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matt_gsxr
why bother looking for something different?

Mk2 Escort are cheap, light reliable, and available in loads of ratios from Rallydesign for next to nothing.



Matt


the only ones i have seen are a million years old or are around a hundred pounds, i just wondered if there was possibley another one i could use, if you dont know why put a post up? anyone any ideas? i really could do with some help as im at the stage of putting in the gear box and engine and still dont have a steering rack lol.

cheers
mat

[Edited on 21/10/08 by piggy1600cvh]

alistairolsen - 23/10/08 at 11:38 PM

vauxhall nova? column is nice and light, rack is too, comes for cheaps, kwik racks are available....

piggy1600cvh - 24/10/08 at 11:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by alistairolsen
vauxhall nova? column is nice and light, rack is too, comes for cheaps, kwik racks are available....


thank very much you and a life saver, im indeted to you lol

many thanks

mat.


p,s, update pics soon,

bjohnson - 25/10/08 at 08:17 PM

If you’re replacing an Escort rack with a Nova take care. I am not familiar with the Escort rack. I do know I replaced a Cortina rack with a Nova rack. The problem was the location of the pinion. Top or bottom of the rack. I found once I had fitted the Nova rack when I steered right the car went left! NOT IDEAL!

[Edited on 25/10/08 by bjohnson]

piggy1600cvh - 27/10/08 at 05:15 PM

i know why that is, the sierra steering rack steers from the front and the nove from the rear, i will have to have a look when the rack comes, if i need to play about with the rack and save 70 pound its worth it,

bjohnson - 28/10/08 at 01:44 PM

That’s right. After some head scratching I worked it out.
How about a Left hand drive Nova? eBay Germany?

piggy1600cvh - 28/10/08 at 07:37 PM

or a left hand drive kit car lol, has it been done before and will it get threw the sva?

Ninehigh - 3/11/08 at 01:25 AM

The book says you've got to add something to the rack to make it fit, and looking at the pictures I can't make head nor tail of what he's going on about to add 14mm or so.. Surely there's one out there that just fits?

piggy1600cvh - 5/11/08 at 02:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
The book says you've got to add something to the rack to make it fit, and looking at the pictures I can't make head nor tail of what he's going on about to add 14mm or so.. Surely there's one out there that just fits?


i know that feeling, do you know about the rear end being 20mm short in length, man that threw me out hehe.

Ninehigh - 6/11/08 at 03:16 PM

Yeah some of the jigs in the book are quite detailed apart from one measurement. And it will be an important one cos now I have to work out the height off a 10 degree angle which I won't be able to do until I build it then I won't need the jig...