Good to hear ; )
Lin
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Brad Fornal <tequila.brad at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is a guy in Dallas, that put a SBC in his Healey 3000, and installed
a
> custom Spridget rack into it. The car is VERY response, and VERY VERY fast.
>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Rick, isn't there a rack & pinion that could replace that worm & peg
>> steering when it finally gets sloppy?
>> Good to hear Our Spridget is the best at handling because that is the most
>> important thing to me, I'd even put up with slow so long that it handles ;
>> ) I remember when I first meet Frank he told me about extreme play maybe
>> it
>> was an inch or more of slop.
>>
>> Glad yours is still tight, enjoy looks like fun.
>> Lin
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:13 AM, HealeyRick <healeyrick at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Lin,
>> >
>> > I think those of us who started out in Sprites expected big Healeys to
>> > be
>> > like a big Sprite with more power. They're not, they're two distinctly
>> > different cars. There's not much on four wheels that can outhandle a
>> > Spridget and the big Healey is no exception. Big Healeys have worm and
>> > peg
>> > steering that when new is good, but nowhere near as good as the Sprite's
>> > rack and pinion. As the big Healey gets more miles on it, the steering
>> > wears and gets sloppy. A new steering box can run $1,500 and so a lot
>> > of
>> > them don't get replaced. My car had less than 25,000 miles on it, so my
>> > steering is still in good shape. But it's never going to be as good a
>> > handler as a Spridget.
>> >
>> >
>> > Rick
>> >
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