rack question

[LL - NY]

Yeah, I miss my GTi. Many local Solo championships, and generally fun car,
although I tuned my out to the point that it became a painful car as a daily
driver
on NorthEast salt belt roads. The tree that a severe storm fell on it sort
of became
it's end. It's final journey was at least in "competition". One of my
Saabaru board
member friends wanted a car for the BABE Rally. So, it became his BABE Rally
car. I do know he made it to NOLA, and then drove it to his new job in TX,
but
don't know much else since then.

LL - NY

On 2/7/08, Adam A. Luy <Adam at layer7labs.com> wrote:
>
> Ditto that on my 1978 Scirocco, miss that car.
>
> -Adam
>
> Adam A. Luy
> Mr. Plow
> Scottsdale, AZ
> Cell: KL5.3223
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:48 PM
> To: Ti Kan
> Cc: AvantAge; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: rack question
>
> And in un-assisted cars like my ex-GTi (4.2 turns, lock to lock) the slow
> steering ratios
> mechanical advantage made it possible to be able to turn the steering
> wheel at all. It
> did mean it was possible to make absolutely minute adjustments of line
> while autocrossing
> while potentially being totally hamfisted, however it also meant catching
> the tail on lift
> throttle if done improperly was darned well totally impossible.
>
> LL - NY
>
>
> On 2/7/08, Ti Kan <ti at amb.org> wrote:
>
>         AvantAge writes:
>         > Wow, I am always amazed at the awesome turning radius of my 87 &
> 88 Avants, and my 2002 A4 Avant. I have friends with Jap & 'Merican compacts
> that can't pull a u-turn in as tight of a circle as my land yachts. All of
> my Audis have had tight turning radii in my opinion - type 89, type 44, and
> B6.
>         >
>         > -Adam
>         >
>         > -----Original Message-----
>         > From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:
> quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Rick Cone
>         > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:51 PM
>         > To: quattro at audifans.com
>         > Subject: rack question
>         >
>         > Is it possible to get a quicker ratio rack for my 89 200 tq
> avant?  It turns like, well, a station wagon.
>         >
>         > Rick
>
>         The steering rack ratio has nothing to do with turning radius.  It
> has
>         to do with how many turns of the steering wheel vs the amount of
> turn
>         at the front tires.  I.e., a slow ratio rack might require 3.5+turns
>         end-to-end but a quick ratio might be 2 turns or less.  The
> ultimate
>         amount of tire movement would be the same, so the turning radius
> is
>         unaffected.
>
>         A quicker ratio rack will give quicker reflexes during driving,
>         but may make the car behave "nervous" or "touchy" at speed.
>
>         -Ti
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