I do live in the country and I was thinking maybe changing the steering ratio would make it handled better like not be so touchy on the hwy. I do have wide tires all the way around 275/30r17. Everything is new except the rack and pinion and the car is darty now. Ruts on the hwy pull the car around. Iv played with the steering in and out but didn't seem to make any difference. I wanted to get the new parts before taking it in the proper alignment. It handled the same before I replaced every in the front endDoing manual steering on a daily driver really depends on how often you do low-speed turning, like a 3-point turn in a parking lot. If you live in a city and do a lot of cutting of the wheel hard at slow speed, manual steering will get old fast.
If you live out in the country and do a lot of highway cruising or dirt roads and very little 3-point turns or parking lot navigation, it's manageable. You can plan better for the few experiences you will have where you wish you had PS. Really something you need to figure for yourself.
The reason your car is so "darty" is that you are running a tire that is a lot wider than what came on the car from the factory. The Fox racks have a very light torsion bar in them which makes them very easy to turn. When you add a wide tire to that it will make them feel twitchy. Get a larger power steering pump pulley to slow the pump down. Ford number for the pulley is YR3Z-3A733-AA however you can get a Dorman pulley that works just as good under P/N 300-003. There are several threads on this over on the Corral in the road racing section so these are verified.I do live in the country and I was thinking maybe changing the steering ratio would make it handled better like not be so touchy on the hwy. I do have wide tires all the way around 275/30r17. Everything is new except the rack and pinion and the car is darty now. Ruts on the hwy pull the car around. Iv played with the steering in and out but didn't seem to make any difference. I wanted to get the new parts before taking it in the proper alignment. It handled the same before I replaced every in the front end
Kind of off topic, but for new sports cars with wide front tires, how do they get around not 'tramlining" (i think thats the term) in ruts/grooves/indentations in the roads? I'm thinking like a new GT500 has a 305 width front tire from the factory. Do they tramline or have they figured out how to mitigate that affect?
Thanks for the reply. I was thinking that the 3.5 turns lock to lock would make it handle the wide tires better and help it with getting pulled around. I might change the rack with one from a parts 92 gt that is in good looking shape and see if that improves anything because the one I have on now is leaking pretty good and I will also order the pulley you mentioned at the same time I was going to order new lines because I don't want to get stranded at home for the weekend if I break a line. I broke both on the parts carThe reason your car is so "darty" is that you are running a tire that is a lot wider than what came on the car from the factory. The Fox racks have a very light torsion bar in them which makes them very easy to turn. When you add a wide tire to that it will make them feel twitchy. Get a larger power steering pump pulley to slow the pump down. Ford number for the pulley is YR3Z-3A733-AA however you can get a Dorman pulley that works just as good under P/N 300-003. There are several threads on this over on the Corral in the road racing section so these are verified.
IF this still does not solve the problem then crack the wallet open and move to a SN95 rack with the MM hybrid steering shaft. Several threads on that here.
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