The Schatzi Project - Ep13 - Engine Swap Part 9 - Steering

We're making a dropped Center Link for our 1965 Mercedes 190c / W110 "Fintail", to clear the Mazda Miata drivetrain we're swapping in.

[@killerkane1957]

Ever since Dr. Ackermann crawled out of the primordial hotrod soup, he and his cousin Bumpsteer have vexed simple minded mortals. Just when you think you have mastered Doc’s notions, a bitchslap hits from nowhere. While I think your solution will work, I first felt (strongly) that the new yoke would tend to sway front to back. Not a nice midnight dance sway, but a sudden WTF?! dance step difficult to to follow. But. But after seeing the rod ends placed on the SIDES of the Donner Passesque link, my thoughts changed. This sideways attachment may negate or minimize the chances of putting the whole thing in the ditch. The rack seems to rise as it approaches lock. This probably happens to the stock rack as well. It seems to me that you may have something! Testing will be in order. Doc’s geometry is a bit allusive at best. Paper modeling will prove fruitless I am afraid. A really smart guy - crooked, but smart - once built several cars for me. He worked closely with Chrysler for decades. They had a new model. Colt I think. Anyhow, this guy built top quality race cars and turned this Colt into a monster 1/4 mile car. He had to swap from a drag link to a leading link. This, of course means everything is now backwards. The car debuted at Mile High in CO. It was a predictable failure as a winner. But the car won Best Engineered. What is my point? I haven’t the slightest idea. If a crook from Arkansas can figure this shit out? So can you. Let the rubber hit the road! See how that bitch acts. You too may achieve Best Engineered. If not? Rack and pinion. TEXAS!

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TEXAS!