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Re: 5KTQ steering Questions

On May 9,  7:34am, glen.powell@smc.com wrote:
> Subject: RE: 5KTQ steering Questions
>   I too would agree that the 5000 has a very tight turning radius for the
>   size of the car, the example being a '87 5kTQW.
>-- End of excerpt from glen.powell@smc.com

	Seems to be directly related to the fact that the engine's
	longitudinally mounted: most other FWD cars have tranverse engines
	and a consequently large turning radius. RWD cars are another matter:
	I had a Volvo (yes, wanna make something of it? :-)) 740GLE wagon
	which would turn on a proverbial dime.

	-Arun



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