[TR] Rack & pinion conversions for TR3's???

[wbeech at flash.net]

Just curious, the original worm-in-a-box system requires 2.25 turns of the
steering wheel lock-to-lock... What is the ratio on an R&P set up? 
Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"



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[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of terryrs at comcast.net
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 5:04 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Rack & pinion conversions for TR3's???

Hello, everyone.B  I rarely get involved in the philosophy of ownership.B
But this time I confess I am conflicted.B  As my favorite Chaucer prof once
said about Persian rugs, we are not owners so much as caretakers.B  Keeping
these cars original as in no irreversible V-8 conversions, added pickup
beds, and so on, seems important so as not to take such a fundamentalist car
out of circulation for subsequent owners.



On the other hand, cars are kinetic beings.B  The have a pure and exclusive
purpose, which is to be driven.B  Not to say that they are not also works of
art meant to be viewed aesthetically for that purpose alone.B  Still, for
me, I choseB my TR3A as a three year project because--with wet-liners--it is
infinitely rebuildable.B  I can keep it on the road forever and plan to.



I like what you're saying, Lou, that the integrity of these cars must be
maintained in the spirit with which they were built.B  But maybe that
spirit--namely, lively interaction with the road--is accepting of
modifications that make it more accessible to we aging folks (no, Teriann, I
don't mean you!).B 



So far I've kind of enjoyed the perversity of the hard-steering.B  I can see
myself, though, at some point doing the conversion to simply eliminate the
hard work it takes to enjoy the car.B 



Go get 'em, TeriAnn.



Terry Smith, '59 TR3A

New Hampshire


>I have done exactly as you describe and now do not have the $ for the 
>rack
and pinion that I want. I say Terriann should go for it. Competing with
modern cars for space at >speed needs the R&P in my opinion. Original
steering is great when used at speeds and conditions for which it was
intended. Simply, IMHO.


>>the rack & pinion is the top of the slippery slope that leads to a B 
>>host of other needless modifications.
B
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