I went to my first SCCA event this last sunday! I thought i had a decent suspension until then(see sig for setup) and i realized my steering is horrible! I am going to get an alignment and see if that helps. I may rebuild one of the racks that i have on one of my parts cars. Anyone have any tips to make the steering a little more responsive?

 

bushing kit

 

ya dood bushing kit,make sure you do the tie rod bushings if your car has tie rods

 

es bushing kit......that the way i would go.....any other recommendation on other bushing kits that work well....

 

i have every piece from the energy suspension bushing kit! When i got the car it had after market tie rod ends do you think it would help to replace them with OEM ones?

 

not if the aftermarket ones are better,maybe you need your alignment checked or somethin

 

aftermarket is usually better, depending on company.....but give oem a try....the bushing kit not helping? just wondering....

 

there is no such thing as a tie rod bushing...

 

the tie rod ends may be autozone specials!

 

ya there are bushings for the rods that connect from the front subframe to the front suspension arms

 

Those are STEERING RACK bushings, not tie rod bushings.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by virginia_dude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Those are STEERING RACK bushings, not tie rod bushings.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Actually I think he means the rods that go from the front cross member back to the control arm at an angle... radius arms or whatever the hell they are called.

Regardless, does it have ES bushings for the steering rack? If all of the bushings are upgraded and the car has decent alighment, then there really isn't much else to check other than suspension setup and tires and what not. Does it have upgraded rear trailing arm bushings? If they're really shot, sometimes the car will feel loose in the back end (not like good loose, but sloppy back and forth loose). Does it have a thick front swaybar that could be causing push? Too much camber in the front that makes it push and then bite hard all at once?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ThefirstPACT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I went to my first SCCA event this last sunday! I thought i had a decent suspension until then(see sig for setup) and i realized my steering is horrible! I am going to get an alignment and see if that helps. I may rebuild one of the racks that i have on one of my parts cars. Anyone have any tips to make the steering a little more responsive?</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ThefirstPACT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I went to my first SCCA event this last sunday! I thought i had a decent suspension until then(see sig for setup) and i realized my steering is horrible! I am going to get an alignment and see if that helps. I may rebuild one of the racks that i have on one of my parts cars. Anyone have any tips to make the steering a little more responsive?</TD></TR></TABLE>


how about you tell us exactly how it was reacting before we make more recommendations

 

Dont need to found the problem! CRACKED front sub frame, right next to the steering rack! SO the damn rack moves! But i have another one at home i will throw in! Thanks for the replys!