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tim_haynes
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Post Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:02 am

hi guys,

whats the best manual steering rack for racing other than the normal e30 manual one i am using?
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staley_turbo
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Post Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:32 am

1.8 z3. im trying to find one.
tim_haynes
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Post Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:13 am

ah k, cool thanks
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rix313
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Post Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:25 pm

Doing a group buy on a Quaife manual steering rack. See group buys section.
monkey
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Post Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:31 pm

staley_turbo wrote:1.8 z3. im trying to find one.
aren't all z3 racks power steering ?
MillRat
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Post Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:52 am

Disconnect the power steering.

My first steering mod will be a P/S delete, then probably the Z3 option.

I will check out the Quaife GB
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Michael.
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Stevin
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Post Mon May 03, 2010 1:25 pm

We are running an E46 M3 steering rack on our car. Think it was 2.9 turns lock to lock (not that you will be using all that lock with bug rubber and on the track).

What we did was just drain the fluid from the rack and are running it dry, but I'm thinking of adding an electric power steering system in the future.
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