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steering damper or return to center

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steering damper or return to center

Post by zookjedi »

what are peoples first hand experiences with steering damper compared to the return to centre style ?
how much harder is the turning force needed to turn , as i run a standard steering box on a welded front diff with 31's at about 8-10psi ?

what i want it for is to stop the steering wheel spinning out of control when i hit certain obstacles (at slow speed ) and to reduce bump steer on the road

any particular down falls etc oh its on a spoa with standard springs narrow track

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Post by redzook »

i run a rtc stabalizer

it will still kick the steering wheel out of my hands occaionlly
thats with 33's locked front at round 6 psi

and it is a biatch to turn with the lockers on
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Post by bigsteve »

I find mine dosen't kick out of my hands at all on road now since I junked the steering stabiliser.

After driving my bro's stocky I prefer the way mine drives, perhaps its the extra offset on the rims i dunno.
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Post by HRZOOK »

I have a rtc setup I dont think it made that much difference

prolly cause my castor is all screwed up....who knows

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Re: steering damper or return to center

Post by Guy »

stressed wrote:what are peoples first hand experiences with steering damper compared to the return to centre style ?
how much harder is the turning force needed to turn , as i run a standard steering box on a welded front diff with 31's at about 8-10psi ?

what i want it for is to stop the steering wheel spinning out of control when i hit certain obstacles (at slow speed ) and to reduce bump steer on the road

any particular down falls etc oh its on a spoa with standard springs narrow track

cheers Jai


The only real way your going to reduce that effect is powa steering ..
I have run both kinds and found the RTC one better, but neither were super effective at keeping the steering wheel being jerked around a bit offroad.. Bascially the bigger the rubber the worse it will happen.
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Post by zookjedi »

thanks all for your thoughts, i'd like powa steer but to much $ for this car, thanks all once again
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