<VV> Quick Steering Again

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

Mark, Mike Stillwell and All,

As sometimes happens not being specific enough gets in the way of 
communication.  In my earlier post I meant to say that if you are going to change to a 
factory box use the factory arms (quick or normal) too.  If you can't get both 
the factory box will help but not give full effect.  I do not recommend using 
after market arms with the factory quick box.  Seth's response was the clearest 
(he sells the stuff too).  Mike and others are perfectly correct too (no box 
or no arms Mike?:)).  Picture the Pittman arm, idler arm, steering arms, tie 
rods, etc. as a parallelogram.  The Ackerman angle should not change unless you 
change a part of the parallelogram.  The steering box transfers your steering 
wheel input to the parallelogram.  If you only use the factory (or Flaming 
River) box your Ackerman angle does not change.  If you use the factory quick 
box and the factory arms (which were designed for the job) then you will get the 
full benefit of the option without sacrificing daily handling (and your 
tires).  If you are a racer whatever allows you to go faster without sacrificing 
safety is the goal and the Ackerman angle may not be as critical.

Hope this help clarify my point.  I don't pretend to be an engineer so if 
I've really fouled up let me know.

Bob Hall
Group Corvair