This steering issue must be something that is inherit in the Boss Frog K-member. A local V8 Miata, using the Boss Frog kit is having the same problem. The car turns great to the left, while the right turns are very long. He's not on the powerlist, so I've sent him a couple of the last emails. He hasn't started to tackle the problem yet as he is still finishing up the installation. I asked him to throw the car onto the rack to compare the boots to Roberts pictures and let me know. I can say that his car has never been in an accident and that all of the suspension parts are straight.
If it is indeed that the replacement K-member moved the rack to the left, can this be corrected by adjusting the tie rods? Seems that that would be a simple fix, so probably not. Lloyd -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Robert McElwee Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 6:38 PM To: Sam Sharp Cc: Miatapower Miata Power Subject: Re: Problems removing the steering column from the rack I have not compared the measurements to my stock 97 but the rack is definitely not centered. On Boss Frogs website the pics clearly show that it is not centered (pics of the subframe) and I have been told that the stock subframe isn't centered either. I believe (I could be wrong here) that if I built a subframe that stuck out 6 feet to the left of the car (so your front wheels were in the oncoming lane of traffic) that straight wheels would still make the car go straight. I don't see how it would inherently restrict you from turning one way or the other. The rack would still travel the same number of turns from center. Mine does not and I think that if I pulled it off the car and sat it on the bench it still would not turn the same number of turns so the subframe must not have any affect on it. On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Sam Sharp <[email protected]> wrote: Ok. Maybe I missed it, but poking around your website, Robert, I found out that this car is a V8 swap that has a replacement front subframe. The obvious answer is that the rack is not centered. You need to do some measurements to verify this. Compare the dimensions to a stock car. I'm convinced that the replacement subframe is the problem. Maybe the quality control wasn't good enough to prevent this, maybe something was installed incorrectly, or maybe (most likely) it was done this way on purpose so that the steering shaft could clear the headers or something else that Mazda didn't put there. You need to figure this out before you transfer all of this to the new car, or it will follow you. Maybe you will be able to find different length tie rod ends that can compensate for this. Sam
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