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Re: STEERING RACKS

To: Gt6steve@aol.com
Subject: Re: STEERING RACKS
From: mporter@zianet.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 02:58:16 GMT
Gt6steve@aol.com writes:

> I was under the impression that the Spit Rack was quicker than a GT6 rack and 
> now I'm struggling to remember where I read that.
> 
> Let's see, owners manuals
> 69 GT6+ 4.25 turns Lock to lock?  Bentley P 57
> MK III GT6 4.5 turns Lock to lock    Bentley Pg. 87
> Spit 1500  3.75 turns lock to lock   Repair operations manual
> 
> My TR Haynes manual doesn't list the spec but I bet we've got enough Bentley 
> manual or owners manuals in this group to build an accurate table.
> 
> Anybody else care to look it up and contribute the "book " ratio?  Which may 
> or may not be accurate depending on build year variations but at least it'll 
> be an interesting comparison.

Here's what else I can find so far of the cars using rack & pinion
delivered to this country (Steve's figures for the cars above are correct,
best as I can determine):

Stag:  3.00
TR4:   2.50
TR4A:  2.50
TR6:   3.25
TR7:   3.87

Cheers.

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