Rally Cars

[mullins]

The problem with 1st gen steering is this:  Rubbish lock, wanders on the straight, low geared, unreponsive & is SO HEAVY it feels like you are driving a WW2 20ton lorry, not a 1200kilo sports car!

To stop the wandering increase the castor - common problem on old RX\'s. Decreasing the castor will make the steering less heavy. You need to try and find a balance somewhere there unfortantely. Lock and low gearing are less easily fixed. You could maybe increase the lock with longer rod ends? (don\'t know the legality of this tho). Good luck with whatever you try though. :cheers

[rotorhead666]

i\'ve never had a problem with my steering,i\'ve always found it to be very light,and you get a better feel of the road,unlike with power steering(yuck).my car is perfectly stable at 130+mph,and i bet Tim will tell you the same.

[Buddy]

I\'ve got to say same with mine - maybe I\'m just really used to it, but absolutely no wandering slow or at speed, corners fabulously (at any speed!) and never feels heavy.  So much nose on it, that once you\'ve got momentum, absolutely no problem!

[Don Pamponi]

Are we driving the same cars??  Do you drive anything else to compare it to?  My other car has power steering so I really notice getting into the RX.

[alileg69]

MikeLMR

Have you ever competed Road Rally in your RX? ive just bought an 84RX for that reason. just wondering how they cope?

Cheers

Ali

[MikeLMR]

they aren\'t allowed on road rallies have a read of the blue book