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Topic: Manual Steering: Talk Me Into It (Read 1471 times)
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375InStroke
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almost all race/stunt cars are manual steering,just need a quick ratio
They don't need to parallel park. |
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west
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yes that can be tough,but how often do you parralel park?
personally I wont park my car in a spot that tight anyways,your car will be scuffed to no end by the zombies out there.
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67Satty
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Well, if you saw my car you'd understand why I'm not too concerned with scuffs.  But yeah, if I do stay with power steering, I will put a firm feel unit in it. I dunno, when I switched from power steering to manual in my Challenger, it only shaved about two tenths off my quarter-mile time. And I made a couple other minor changes at the same time so I don't even know how much difference switching to manual even made. Anyone else have any data about how much switching to manual is worth to ET? |
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In the garage: '67 Plymouth Satellite - once my 318-powered daily driver, now my project car with lots of "patina"
On the stand: "Old School" '71 440 build: "6 Pack" pistons at zero deck, Engle .534, 238@.050" Hyd, stock 452s, Performer RPM, Holley 850 DP, Hooker headers, FBO ignition.
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DartKnight
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Manual all the way; but as stated by several above, make it fast-ratio.  On a side note, Chrysler apparently still likes to over-assist their PS systems; I drive the delivery trucks at work on occasion (07 Rams) and the steering is still WAY sensitive... |
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67dartgt
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I swapped manual into my big block Charger in the past, also a 70 Sport Satellite. My 68 rr came with manual. I just like it better. Anyone try the Flaming River manual box?
I have the flaming river box in my 67. I love it! It looks good and works even better. I still get the road feel that I like with a manual box, and it's not as slow as regular manual boxes, though obviously still not as quick as power. I don't have any real issues when trying to park, but maybe that makes me a man? according to this thread?  Anyway, it is a smallblock car, so there might be a little less weight in there than a big block. It's a good box. - Don |
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Jamakin
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I just did the swap over the weekend. I haven't driven it much but i like it. Its is tighter but you can actually feel the road now. Before i was going back and fourth on the weel every 5 seconds. It only seems tough while at real slow speeds, but that really is to be expected. I used the flamming fiver universal joint and shaft, its a real nice piece but if I had used the one piece adapter it would have saved a lot of time becuase there would have been no cutting of the steering column and no test fitting
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67Satty
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What is the one piece adapter, is that something Flaming River sells?
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In the garage: '67 Plymouth Satellite - once my 318-powered daily driver, now my project car with lots of "patina"
On the stand: "Old School" '71 440 build: "6 Pack" pistons at zero deck, Engle .534, 238@.050" Hyd, stock 452s, Performer RPM, Holley 850 DP, Hooker headers, FBO ignition.
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acpat
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I hate power steering I have had both and prefer the manual just my .02
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bOb shingler
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What is the one piece adapter, is that something Flaming River sells?
bill sells them at "rms" |
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"bOb Built" (no matter how many times it takes) |
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west
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It sounds like you are talking about the same piece.
what is the one piece adapter?
the flaming river adapter is top notch and i would reccomend it.
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Jamakin
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This is the one piece adapter http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/mamastad.htmlThis is the flamming river piece that I used http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/flristcoad.htmlI baught it from summit, believe it or not it was a lot cheaper from there. I don't regret using that piece becuase it turned out great, works gerat, and looks great. I was just saying it would have been a lot quicker to use the one piece adapter. If your using the flamming river piece look for a small pilot hole that is started in the steering column. It should be easy to find after you remove the factory coupler. I drilled this hole out for the roll pin that holds the new piece and the column together. It JUST MADE IT! |
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