[DeTomaso] Pantera Servo Steering System

[SOBill at aol.com]

Jack,
 
The Pantera has over 3 inches of scrub radius, so swapping on to 8  inch 
wheel will reduce the scrub by around 30%. I have tried this and the  improvement 
is very clear.
 
Getting the scrub radius down to around 1 inch would solve the  problem of 
heavy steering (for old guys, like me) and steering kickback over  bumps.
 
But, wheels which have the correct offset would move them inboard  so far 
they would look funny relative to the wheel wells and they would rub on  the 
frame big time in tight turns. To move the wheels back out, you  would need longer 
a-arms and tierods. And since you are changing wheels you  might as well go 
up in size and also get 4 new tires.
 
So power steering is a way to just overpower (pun intended) the  problem.
 
For sure the MR2 system would be simpler than the  S2000.
 
Have fun,
 
SOBill  Taylor
sobill at aol.com



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