[Spridgets] WWFD?

[Brad Fornal]

Here is what he built, if you wanna see.
http://www.modifiedhealeys.org/Photos/6Wright/Wright1.htm

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
> >> >
> >
> > --
> > DON JULIO 1942
> >
> > http://tequilabrad.com/
> >
>



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