Thread: Improving manual steering

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Andy,
You would not want to drive on the road, but I would probably try clamping a 3/4" plywood "wheel" to my smaller steering wheel, maybe using some padded u-bolts on the rim or spokes, to experiment with different diameters of wheel to see how much improvement you can expect. Lots cheaper than buying a new wheel, and you can start big, try it and then trim it down an inch to see what difference it makes. Just a thought...

That '37 is not really that light in the front end as the engine is fairly well forward. Now, what you don't say is what ratio the unit you have on your car is currently. I believe most aftermarket versions always seem to be the fast 15:1 where all you probably need is the OEM style 20:1 ratio. An added bonus with the 20:1 is that any bump steer doesn't have you fighting to stay in a straight line.

I increased the air pressure to 34psi, but I can really tell much difference.

How can you determine the ratio on a rack? If I can improve that, that would be a big help.

As far as the caster, I originally set everything to MII specs. I can't recall what those numbers are at the moment, but I'll find out what kind of caster it was.

I also checked, and my steering whell is already a 14", and there aren't many out there over 15" for an application like this. Seems like I'd have to get a 16" to make it worth it.