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Offline Toploader

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Re: When is a Mustang a 64,5??
« Reply #30 on: October 20, 2013, 04:14:55 PM »
It's common to confuse gear ratio with overall steering ratio. The overall steering ratio for the G.T. would be 21.7.
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Re: When is a Mustang a 64,5??
« Reply #31 on: October 20, 2013, 05:48:41 PM »
OK  I see that if the pitman arm on a box moves through 90 degrees  - lock to lock and it takes 4 turns on a GT box to do this then to move the pitman arm 360 degrees  ( 1 turn ) it would take 16 turns = 16 :1, the gear ratio.

I have only seen the spec of 16:1 given.
Do you know how the overall steering ratio of 21.7 :1 is calculated ?

I am curious thats all   :)

Would it be how many turns on the steering wheel to move a road wheel 360 degrees ( if it could ?)
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Re: When is a Mustang a 64,5??
« Reply #32 on: October 20, 2013, 09:05:04 PM »
Probably best to start a new thread discussing steering box specs... easier to search in the future and allows the best exposure to get input from others.
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Re: When is a Mustang a 64,5??
« Reply #33 on: October 21, 2013, 05:27:01 PM »
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