Sparky
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 posted on 29/8/02 at 05:08 PM |
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Steering racks
Anybody used anything other than a conventional rear wheel drive Escort steering rack on their (otherwise ‘normal’) Locost?
The reason I ask is that I have a brand new XR2 super-duper quick rack staring me from the corner of the garage, and I’d quite like to use it! Any
thoughts on chassis foul or bumpsteer issues?
I can cobble a downlink together using Fiesta and Sierra bits, and track rod ends won’t be a problem (I think!) What do you think? Any advice?
I’m using a book (Luego) chassis, BTW.
Cheers
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fastenuff
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| posted on 29/8/02 at 06:06 PM |
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the important bit about the rack is the distance between the joints to the arms i mean. A standard sierra rack is about 740 cm wide (sortofish). Since
you have the fiesta rack could you measure the distance between the joints??
thanks
Ingmar
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ChrisW
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| posted on 29/8/02 at 06:34 PM |
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You may have a problem because (from memory) the Fiesta steers from the rear of the hubs whereas the Locost steers from the front - essentially
swapping the direction of your steering. It's been a while since my Fessie was in my garage so I may be wrong.
If it's no good drop me a line and I'll do you a swap for a mk2 one..? Would be nice on my XR2k 
Chris
My gaff my rules
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Sparky
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 posted on 29/8/02 at 09:04 PM |
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quote:
You may have a problem because (from memory) the Fiesta steers from the rear of the hubs whereas the Locost steers from the front - essentially
swapping the direction of your steering. It's been a while since my Fessie was in my garage so I may be wrong.
Bloody hell Chris! You're right. Damn. Thought I'd cracked it there for a second. How could I have missed that? 
quote:
If it's no good drop me a line and I'll do you a swap for a mk2 one..? Would be nice on my XR2k
Chris
What, a new Mk2 quick rack? 
Good man. But I'll just see if I can get my money back first!
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