Hi Gary:
While trying to figure out this MGB steering arm swap, Smitty and I
looked at a set of Alpine steering arms. We flipped them left-to-right
and reversed them so that they would point forward, but the arms then
pointed TOWARDS the motor rather than towards the wheel, which wouldn't
have helped. As I was writing the above, I was thinking "what about
pointing them forward, but NOT flipping them left for right?" They'd
technically be upside down, but that might not matter. I'll have to
take a look next time I get down to the shop.
Regards
David Sosna
garywinblad@attbi.com wrote:
>
> To tie two recent threads together here:
>
> Doane made a significant improvement to his Tiger race
> car's steering way before Dale made his steering kit.
> WHY doesn't anyone now replicate Doane's solution? (See
> Norm's web site:
>
> www.rootes1.com
> Historical glimpses page 10
>
> Doane flipped the brake rotor and used Alpine steering
> arms. This puts the tie rod end further outboard and I
> think the Alpine arm is even longer than the MGB arm,
> both would further help the ackerman angles.
>
> Gary
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