goodbye cruel world

[rotorhead666]

i hate to say it,but i finally parted with my 12a turbo a while ago.she went to Carl(by the way Carl,i have the 2nd set of keys to send to you,i\'ll send them on when i get back in the country) worse,i\'ve defected to the darkside,temporarily,at least,as i now have an s14 200sx.i\'d like to take the opportunity to thank my wonderful 12at for being so much fun,pretty,noisy and fast.i know the chances of me getting another one now are pretty minimal.one day,perhaps.goodbye cruel world,maybe my rotary zest will be reborn. :evillaugh

[Christopher]

S14 is a nice car. Good luck with it.

Pete.

[travellinbob]

Hmmm so I wonder what carl will get up to with it?
 good luck with the new car.

[Don Pamponi]

I understand mate.
The poo steering will make me sell mine too I reckon, even tho I love the look/sound/go of the car.  Just doesnt feel safe, I mean if a kid stepped into the road I know in any of my other vehicles I would stand a chance of swerving round them, but in the 1st gen?  NO CHANCE, straight over them.  This car will put me in a ditch sooner or later due to its heavy, slow CRAP steering box.
Bunch of spoiling my cool car arse!

[oldone]

You guys must have a prob somewhere cos mines steers well,never feel out of control,and the roads i do are nowhere perfect at all,lot of bumps and winding lanes................. :guinness

[shaunwil]

Try and give pip at WGT a ring, he has a 1st gen track car and it handles amazing around oulton park. Surely you can fit uprated steering to it to improve it ?

Shaun

[antnicuk]

if you wanna thow money at it there are plenty of companies that will make you steering for it which would transform the car

[mpk490p]

its the car set up ok spending some money with pro-align may help dom

[alban1973]

I must agree with "Oldone" the steering on my elford is fine, it is a bit vauge in the straight ahead but no worse than any crappy merc box system i have driven. On bumpy roads (which are the norm up here) the car finds its own jiggly way, but once steering lock is applied and the initial rear live axle hop has done its thing it is very positive. even under servere braking it is dead straight and can pull up as quick is not quicker than most modern cars.  If people have got issues, I would check and renew all the bushes and joints in the steering system and drag links etc and make sure it is all set up correctly, a car with the tracking set with too much toe in drives like you are on Ice and very unstable too much toe out they pull and wander like mad as well as tear all your bushes apart.., also get a decent sterring box rather than selling up..  .    Also, the more you drive modern cars the softer we all get, the answer is
to use it more..  Very simple really......

[Don Pamponi]

it has all new polybushes & tracking is fine or so im told.

I\'ll try & ring Pip again when I get time.

[sadgoth]

it has all new polybushes & tracking is fine or so im told.

I\'ll try & ring Pip again when I get time.

I don\'t think the suspension bushes alone are the answer, apparantly there are bushes (or similar) in the steering box which also wear and need replacement or adjustment. Once it is all tightened up you should have a good and confidence inspiring bit of kit. OK so the steering will always be a bit on the heavy side at low speeds, but thats just because we have all got so used to PAS. :rolleyes:

[mullins]

Adjust all the play out of the steering box and then fit an adjustable castor swaybar and set it to max castor or as much as your arms can handle. Worked a treat on my last S2.

[Don Pamponi]

Have contacted Pip at WGT, he can fit a rack but doesn\'t facny it, same as RXmotors.  Bum :mad:

[travellinbob]

What do you mean he can ....but doesnt want to. I always thought that if you were paying for it then they would do it? Unless of course they are too busy.
 anyhow, keep searching around I am sure you would be able to find a buisness that will do it.
 cheers, michael.

[mullins]

Have contacted Pip at WGT, he can fit a rack but doesn\'t facny it, same as RXmotors.  Bum :mad:

Bit of a kick in the teeth when you\'ve given them all that business in the past? Try a suspension/steering specialist or maybe buy the parts off Pip and get it fitted up elsewhere?