Chip.. why is camber an issue here, since it is fixed?
Good point on bump steer...
The R & Ps are probably all from the same supplier and very similar.....
I'd live to get rid of my TR3A steering wheel and that bothersome control
head, but likely will keep everything stock, myself.
Hope things are going well, Chip. I am not moving quickly in prep for
Mosport , but don't anticipate any problems.
Joe
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From: Chip Bond[SMTP:spirals@esinet.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 2:21 PM
To: 'Angelo Graham'; Alexander Joseph H; 'Amici Triumphi'; 'R.
John Lye'
Subject: RE: TR3A rack and pinion conversion.
I used a sprite rack and pinion + TR4 control arms. It's all a bolt
in so
it can be easily converted back to stock. The tie rods for the
sprite rack
need to be cut down and re-threaded for the TR rod ends( ie, right
and left
dies). I ended up using a TR-4 steering column assembly (and
motolita
steering wheel). All of this was done in '94 and to be honest, the
car has
seen little use since, about 150 miles (started racing in '95).
Before you do the conversion, you should spruce up on camber gain
and bump
steer to be sure what you end up with is stable.
Good luck,
Chip
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From: R. John Lye[SMTP:rjl6n@virginia.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 6:25 AM
To: Alexander Joseph H; 'Angelo Graham'; 'Amici Triumphi'
Subject: RE: TR3A rack and pinion conversion.
At 08:48 AM 4/16/98 -0500, Alexander Joseph H wrote:
>FOT,
>
>Any sage words of advice or caveats to Angelo Graham, from Canada,
who is
>exploring the R & P conversion on his TR3A?
Chip Bond did it on his TR-3, but he's a bit behind on his e-mail
right now. The really hard part is keeping the control head
looking stock and having the horn and turn signals work (assuming
that this is a street car, and you want it to look stock). Bob
Schaller's book describes his solution to that problem. I've been
trying to think of a more elegant solution but haven't managed to
do so yet.
John Lye
rjl6n@Virginia.edu
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