The project is not dead, it just got VERY delayed
This semester ended up being a LOT harder than I anticipated (electrical engineering courses get tough!) and left me with no free time to dedicate to my car, since I also work 3 days a week. I took my last final exams wednesday, so school is out until fall term
I'm working 3 days a week during summer, but that leaves me with 4 days a week to work on the car
Dan (the owner of the lsx miata company racingconcepts.net) is swamped with work, so it looks like I might be helping him out over summer. This is good, since thats the place where I'll be designing/building the subframe at. And more good news, my buddy Tim is about to graduate from Tulsa welding school, so hopefully I can get him to work his magic on this.
I'll update when there is stuff worth updating. In the meantime, if anybody wants to do any research on any practical steering racks to incorporate into the design, I'd REALLY appreciate it. Heres my thoughts on this that I posted earlier in this thread:
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1)I will look into some inexpensive racks out there, like some ford or chevy racks, I'm sure they cost loads less then even our reman'd racks do. Cheap is good!
2)I'd like to consider a rack that has has a much better ratio (I think thats the correct term). In other words, a rack that requires fewer rotations of the steering wheel to get from lock to lock.
3)This probably is the least practical option for me since its really straying away from the original design of the car, but I'll at least look into it, it might be more do-able than I think: Adapting an electric rack or a hydraulic/electric rack from an MR2/S2000, etc. It would be nice to delete the power steering pump and beltline altogether, but I dont know if the electric rack is up to the task of the extra weight and wider tires, or it might require some extra sensors in the steering wheel or input from the ecu, or is might just be simply crazy expensive.
4)Are there any aftermarket steering racks out there (performance-oriented, obviously) that would be suitable? I've never looked into this subject really.
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