RobbyC
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 12:15 PM |
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Steering rack for a single seater
Afternoon all,
I'm building a single seater middie, and I'm trying to source a steering rack.
the slight problem being that I really need a steering rack with a central connection to the column, and it seems most cars have the connection to the
side of the column.
Does anyone know of a steering rack with a central connection?
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 12:18 PM |
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McLaren F1?? 
Sorry....couldn't resist
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kendo
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 12:27 PM |
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Central Steering
You should try Titan Motorsport. Have a look at
http://www.titan-motorsport.co.uk/
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russbost
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 12:34 PM |
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Do you actually need a centre spindle rack? - don't forget the column can't be straight for SVA unless it's collapsible (if this is
for road use).
There are various racks around which are centre spindle such as above or Tilton, but they are expensive - I believe there are some grasstrack centre
spindle racks, not sure if they are any cheaper.
I use the Fiat Cinqucento/seicento rack on the Furore, as does the Sprint R - it's small, light, cheap & has the spindle offset about 6
inches from centre. HTH
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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JimSpencer
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 12:35 PM |
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Try Dermot Healy - he's a well know bloke in the racing car world, sells all sort of secondhand racing car parts,
He's on 07703 162409 from the Oldham area
- NTDWM just helped me out with bits in the past.
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RobbyC
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 12:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
Do you actually need a centre spindle rack? - don't forget the column can't be straight for SVA unless it's collapsible (if this is
for road use).
There are various racks around which are centre spindle such as above or Tilton, but they are expensive - I believe there are some grasstrack centre
spindle racks, not sure if they are any cheaper.
I use the Fiat Cinqucento/seicento rack on the Furore, as does the Sprint R - it's small, light, cheap & has the spindle offset about 6
inches from centre. HTH
Oooh, good man. That's what I wanted to hear.
The titan motorsport page had lots of options, used the workd "bespoke", and quoted no prices. This means I can't afford it.
So what is the setup in the furore? Seicento steering rack, with the seicenton column, and enough working room in the UJ for it all to work, or some
special parts?
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russbost
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 02:39 PM |
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I use the Fiat rack & lower column with a Toyota upper column, but this is only because I use the Toyota MR2 as the donor for all bits except the
Fiat rack. Can't see any reason why you couldn't use the Fiat upper column along with the lower column which has 2 u/j's.
Can send you some pics if you give me an email to send them to.
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 02:40 PM |
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Try drdracing.co.uk. He does a rack for the autograss specials and it is relatively cheap.
ETA - £150 for the rack and £35 for a pair of arms.
[Edited on 8/9/08 by Richard Quinn]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 04:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
Try drdracing.co.uk. He does a rack for the autograss specials and it is relatively cheap.
ETA - £150 for the rack and £35 for a pair of arms.
[Edited on 8/9/08 by Richard Quinn]
hmm relatively cheap? to what the price of a stealth bomber...personally I'd spend that kind of money elsewhere
anyway as russbost says its safer with the shaft offset otherwise you could end up with a steering wheel in the face, been there, broken nose two
black eyes, not nice 
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Syd Bridge
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 06:03 PM |
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911's have a center spindle rack.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 08:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Quinn
Try drdracing.co.uk. He does a rack for the autograss specials and it is relatively cheap.
ETA - £150 for the rack and £35 for a pair of arms.
[Edited on 8/9/08 by Richard Quinn]
hmm relatively cheap? to what the price of a stealth bomber...personally I'd spend that kind of money elsewhere
anyway as russbost says its safer with the shaft offset otherwise you could end up with a steering wheel in the face, been there, broken nose two
black eyes, not nice
Get a quote from Titan! As long as the rack feed is offset from the wheel vertically, the horizontal alignment shouldn't make any real
difference in the event of a crash. As long as there is a dog leg in at least one plane.
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grassracer
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 08:54 PM |
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Keep an eye on ebay, I bought an example of this very item last week, quite old but includes mounts and arms for £75.00.....I was gonna buy one of
Jamies (DRD) but this was too much of a bargain to let go
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RobbyC
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| posted on 8/9/08 at 09:21 PM |
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Well, thanks to some very helpful pictures from Russbost, I picked up a cheap used fiat seicento steering rack off ebay. May go for a fiat steering
column too, keep it Italian to go with my alfa boxer engine. And rushed, low quality welds.
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