quick ratio steering rack.

[niklid05]

anyone know if you can get a "quick ratio" steering rack for a 91 manual steering festiva? Also is it possible to fit 14X5.5-6 wheels in a festiva? if so you do have pics? thanks.

[25Horseplay]

I don't know about the rack, but I do have 14x6 wheels. Check out the FOTM section, July festiva of the month. That's my car!

[Silv3rBull3t]

I don't have any idea about a quicker ratio rack, but I have some fugly 14's on it when I go racing... Those are some pix of it...

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/597438/5

[niklid05]

cool. how much work would it take to fit a rack off another vehicle?

[Safety Guy]

You might check out the rack from a Kia Rio or a Geo Metro. Or maybe a VW Golf or Rabbit.

There is a very remote chance the Rio's rack may bolt up since it is a distant "3rd gen" Festiva design.

The Metro is similar sized, that's all.

The VWs may have superior racks with the ratio you want, but who knows how much work they'd be to fit, if you could reasonably fit them on.

I've never done any rack work so I wouldn't know. If you had the skills and the patience you could probably do this. Who knows, there may be a swap that's easier than we might think.

Another possible way to do this is to check out Festiva and Aspire racks and see if Kia or Mazda has any different gearing to put in them from other cars like the Rio or 323, etc.

Karl

[oxbrain]

does the PS festiva rack have a better ratio? You could probably take the gearing out of that and put it in a manual rack.