steering question

[wickedfirefighter]

ok my dart im building to handle on the street .. its gonna be a 4 speed with manual steering .. the problem is  my 13 wheel takes alot of rotations turn the car and it being a four speed it gonna be pain to get he car to turn while shifting with one hand .. so i looking improving my steering ratio but i dont know what way to go .. i can get a either a faster ratio box from firm feel or the pitman arms setup .. i dont know which one would be better for my aplication .. the cost differance doesnt concern me much ..
the ratio concerns me  i dont want to over do it ..
what have you guys ran on the street..?

[west]

go with the fast ratio box,the faster pitman arms have clearance problems with some headers.

[wickedfirefighter]

they have two fast ratios will the fastest be too much for the street .. i dont  want the car a to look like it has speed wables while im slamming gears ..

[west]

if i remember correctly 20:1 is in the middle range of the 3.
http://www.firmfeel.com/manualst.htm

[MOmoparman]

Hi guys,

Great forum except I cant figure out where to post a question.....Its early and my head is clogged with fumes from last nights wrenchfest.
My question is how long shouild the inner shaft be on a 67 barracuda.  During dissasembly of my column to shorten, I dropped the inner shaft and it broke the little yellowish plastic thingies so now my shaft telescopes.  Don't tell me its junk as I intend to tack weld it in place once I figure out how long it should be.  I need the measurement from the splined end to the bottom for a stock inner shaft.

Anyone out there can you help me?

Thanks

[440dstr]

use the (send topic ) button

[Volvo Heretic]

Sorry, but I'm just a Volvo guy, and I try not to but in on this forum, but, my 2600# car has a 13" steering wheel and an 18:1 manual steering box. It's fine once I get going, but trying to turn the wheel at a standstill takes a real he-man to turn and kind of sucks. If I put in a V8 I'm converting to a 16:1 power box.

So, I would suggest the lowest ratio possible power box for G-force driving with big front wheels. Just my 2 cents.

[69 GTS Clonvertible]

ok my dart im building to handle on the street .. its gonna be a 4 speed with manual steering .. the problem is  my 13 wheel takes alot of rotations turn the car and it being a four speed it gonna be pain to get he car to turn while shifting with one hand .. so i looking improving my steering ratio but i dont know what way to go .. i can get a either a faster ratio box from firm feel or the pitman arms setup .. i dont know which one would be better for my aplication .. the cost differance doesnt concern me much ..
the ratio concerns me  i dont want to over do it ..
what have you guys ran on the street..?

I have a 69 Dart GTS clone with 440, 4-speed, manual steering, 16:1 ratio-aluminum steering gear box, and I don't have a problem steering and shifting while driving. The only problem is while stopped the wheel is hard to turn, but I get a good work out. If your Dart is rolling just a little the steering gets easier. And I dont see why you would be shifting and turning the wheel at the same time except for 1 gear downshifting into a turn and 1 gear upshifting out of a turn   unless you are doing some ralleye racing  I would recommend the 16:1 box, or if you have the money to buy an AlterKtion that would be my choice it's got the rack and pinion set-up with or with-out power steering.