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Old 01-03-2014, 12:42 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by wparsons View Post
It is 100% 2.5 turns lock to lock, you get 1.25 turns each way. Sounds like you're not after less turns lock to lock but more steering angle overall?
Well, less turn lock to lock does mean less input per steering angle.

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Without knowing the rack ratio on the AW11 and the distance from outer tie rod to ball joint on the knuckle I can't really guess at what else is happening, but I would imagine the shorter wheelbase on the AW11 also helps with what you're feeling. The wheelbase is almost a full 10" shorter on the MR2 than on the FRS/BRZ/GT86 which is a pretty big difference.
Cheers, noted.
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Any quick steer kit I've seen won't change how many turns lock to lock, just how much steering angle you get for a given wheel input.
It does, for the same reason above.
The specific kit I was talking about is this
http://www.palmside.co.nz/product_pcid_15195.html
@diss7 probably knows about it already for his AE86 since it is the same kit.
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