maturin23 10 Posted June 25, 2007 Was reading the Richard Porter column in this month's Evo mag this weekend. The article is primarily about Ford's efforts to produce genuinely enjoyable family cars - the 205 was cited as the benchmark for handling. One comment Richard Parry-Jones made was that "the 205 wasn't perfect - the steering rack moves quite a bit" - I've never heard anything similar, nor have I seen people who are spending £££s on track 205's mention anything about reinforcing or remounting the rack. he obviously knows his stuff - but is this comment verifiable in practice? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackherer 543 Posted June 25, 2007 Compared to a lot of cars the rack is pretty securely mounted IMO The column is pretty flexible though, when we welded a cage into my mates car recently we tied it into the bracket that holds the column in the car and it made a noticeable difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hengti 2 Posted June 25, 2007 haven't read it in context, but that seems an odd thing to say about a car famed for its steering - 'rack moves quite a bit' - in relation to what though? the shell? surely not? dunno Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maturin23 10 Posted June 26, 2007 (edited) The context was that the 205 was a benchmark for steering and suspension. He then said that despite that it wasn't perfect however, that the steering rack moved quite a bit, but that it all worked very very well together as Pug set it up by feel rather than just by 'science'. Edited June 26, 2007 by maturin23 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James_m 0 Posted June 26, 2007 Maybe that part of the subframe flexs quite a lot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doof 11 Posted June 26, 2007 Does he not mean that the rack is quite slow? I've often thought it'd be great if it was a slightly quicker rack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dino 3 Posted June 26, 2007 Perhaps you should write in to EVO and question what Richard Porter actually meant and that in your experience blah blah blah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maturin23 10 Posted June 26, 2007 I'd question Richard Porter (although I know he's a 205 GTI fan) but Richard Parry Jones probably knows what he's talking about! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dino 3 Posted June 26, 2007 lol Thats what I meant! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandy 189 Posted June 26, 2007 I read that with interest too. I would agree that the column is pretty flexible, if you have a fairly low car with the bump steer that goes with it, the weight in the steering shows up the column mountings flex. 309's of suffer a fair bit of scuttle shake with harder springs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johno_78 2 Posted June 26, 2007 i understand that comment to mean that there is some play in the steering, which i've found to be caused by the power steering. whether he meant that or not, only he knows it seems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
