Strecker25 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 anyone have any experience with tightening up the response in our steering? This would be a pretty unique mod i think, and make them alot more fun to drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 what model of lumina do you have euro or base? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegp Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 No experience in doing the modification, but it would involve swapping the rack. Some models (somebody know which ones?) did have tighter steering. My '89 GP (base model, but has the optional suspension) has firm feeling steering while my '96 Lumina (soft suspension option) has the "one-finger" steering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strecker25 Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 ive got a base 94, just wondering in general if anyones done it. Not familiar with our setups at all actually but if it involved a different gear ratio i could knock one out rather quickly on a cnc to tighten it up. all just a thought, wanted to get some feedback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 You'd be better off getting a rack from a 88-93 FE3 (SE/TGP/GTP) GP and throwing that in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Im HOPIN for a TGP steering rack.. But my concern is it is somethng like 1/8" longer than a Lumi one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaloutsider Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 :? I've never heard of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rockstar Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 I had my dad look it up in a book.. He said 88-93 GP racks were some SMALL amount longer than the Lumina ones.. Pissed me off.. I WANT the TGP one, but if that 1/8" has even a REMOTE possibility of making this project 10 times harder, then fuck it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWeb80 Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 IIRC, there was a post about this over a year ago.... I think there are two different types of racks...sport type and non-sport type.... 1. if it has a quick ratio (as in not as many turns to the steering wheel) then in has a longer turn radius 2. if the car doesn't have the quick steering response, then it has a shorter turning radius.... You sarifice one to get the other....turning radius or response... Does this make sense.....someone back me up on this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 That makes sense... If the ones with the slow steering ratio had the thinner, steel wheels, you could get a tighter turn without rubbing tires. Like my buddy's Avenger ES. Based off of the Eclipse suspension and everything, but Eclipses never had tires that tall, so they had to take down the maximum steering angle... He needs an OBSCENE amount of space to do a U-turn... it's really pretty funny! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91CutlassConv Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 That makes sense... If the ones with the slow steering ratio had the thinner, steel wheels, you could get a tighter turn without rubbing tires. Like my buddy's Avenger ES. Based off of the Eclipse suspension and everything, but Eclipses never had tires that tall, so they had to take down the maximum steering angle... He needs an OBSCENE amount of space to do a U-turn... it's really pretty funny! Mike I can relate to him on needing an OBSCENE amount of U-Turn space. My friends always laugh at me in my Cutty's because they need so much room to turn around. I joke there are no 3pt turns, only 10pt turns. But its the price I pay for driving something so comfy Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990lumina Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 So how many turns does the "sport rack" rack from extreme left to extreme right? And how many does the "non sport rack" from extreme left to extreme right? - Jeff L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutlsp Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 i think the sport rack is 2.5 turns and the none sport rack is 3 turns :? i'm not sure though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfewtrail Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 So how many turns does the "sport rack" rack from extreme left to extreme right?And how many does the "non sport rack" from extreme left to extreme right? - Jeff L. The TGP is 2 turns lock to lock as far as I can remember. It's also a 14.0:1 ratio rack, the normal racks of the TGP era(89-90) were 15.7:1 ratio(this info came from a TGP brochure). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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