hey, well here is the thing..i drove my neighbors accura the other day....it was a 95 i believe...and i have to say the steering was amazing on it...and compaired to my steering there is no contest...so i was wondering if its possible to have nice tight steering like i got to expeirence with that accura. i would like to be able to take a corner at more than 30 mph somtimes! lol well thanx for your help talk to you later-james
That is one of the nice things about having a newer car----on any performance car now adays the suspensions/steering is 1000,00000 times better than the old cars. However, there are many things you can do to improve what u have now.
yeah yeah your telling me...i want the best i can get for my maverick. after driving that..its realy hard for me to drive my beast.
Flaming River makes some great steering boxes for classic Mustangs, completely redesigned, much better than even rebuilt stock pieces. Cost right around $500. They said they don't have them to fit our Mavs, but maybe if enough of us bug them...
hmmm? so what exactly do you need to make the steering that tight? im guessing the suspention, power steering box, good tires...am i missing anything?
? How does manual steering with all around KYB gas shocks sound? Not to mention some nice rubber under there. And of course the sway bars?
well...... im sure that would sound great if i knew what it was! lol soooo you mind explaining to ,me?
OK here goes... KYB gas shocks are really stiff shocks. The rubber part refers to wide tires. and the sway bars are sometimes called anti-roll bars. There are kits for them with close to one inch sway bars. They prevent the car from leaning. The KYB shocks keep the wheels on the ground after a bump. and the wide tires provide for more traction. do you get it? :confused:
thanx! yeah that does sound like a good deal to me...i knew the tire and shock parts though! lol but the sway bar i didnt know about...so if i ask some one to put these things in do you think it will give me that tight steering i want?
The stock steering will never match a newer car but are you sure yours is in perfect condition in all areas? If it is power steering, there is a delay in response that is inherent in the system. The control valve is spring loaded and has to move a small amount in order to signal the system which way to pump fluid to the cylinder. On these cars, the steering box could come loose from the frame, any wear in tie rods, idle arm and even front alignment will all contribute to a poor operation. W
what im gunna do i dont want to keep it stock in my car...im going to replace the steering system alltogether...so with that in mind..do you think its possible? im going to have $125,000 dallors coming to me soon..i plan to sped at most $10-12,000 on it...im going to do some body work and put the 302 v8 with a T5 manual...steering i still have no clue on what im going to do with it...but we will see! :confused:
ahh i see well if you are throwing around that kind of cash why dont you just put in a mustang 2 kit with all the fancy stuff?
Do any year Mustangs share the same type of steering box (have the rag joint) as the Mavs. Maybe the early 70s? If they did, you could probably adapt a Flaming River unit to fit the Mav. -Corbin
Let me point out one thing, Acura's are front wheel drive cars, i've never seen a rear wheel drive one but they might have one. A front wheel drive car is gonna have more responsive steering because you are steering the drive wheels. Personally i've never driven a Rear Wheel Drive car that had as good a steering as a Front Wheel Drive, even the new Mustangs aren't as responsive and I thought they corner pretty good . I still prefer RWD though even if the steering isn't quite as good.
Steering Never drove a Acura or whatever. Havn't driven yours, so can't compare. New Mavericks didn't hndle all that bad. Take it to a good front end shop, have it gone over, put radials ( u didn't say ur tire size,205/215 70r by xx probably ok, bigger footprint is better) and shocks on on its hard to say personel tastes differ. Mustang II sounded good also. Note: My wife has a 2000 Mazda 626 & I don't see any thing special in its handling....
