EPAS

[dandare]

Storer said:

Ultima owners must be getting weak.

Man up guys. I can still manage mine with 285 front tyres and I'm an old git...........

What rim width do you have on the front, and what offset, if you don't mind me asking, old git?

Daniel

ETA: Also what tyre profile do you have?

Edited by dandare on Thursday 7th February 21:30

[anonymous-user]

Storer said:

Ultima owners must be getting weak.

Man up guys. I can still manage mine with 285 front tyres and I'm an old git...........



Paul

Possibly true, but for anyone else not stuck in 1987, PAS will allow you to run with suspension geometery that would make the car undriveable otherwise. Look at race cars, they shuned PAS for years, then embraced it when ti became clear of it's advantages!

[Storer]

dandare said:

What rim width do you have on the front, and what offset, if you don't mind me asking, old git?

Daniel

ETA: Also what tyre profile do you have?

Edited by dandare on Thursday 7th February 21:30

Easy first - tyres are 30 profile.

Rims are 9.5" wide.

The wishbones are custom and the rims are 1" outer and 8" inner with the centre giving the extra 0.5".


Paul

[Storer]

Max_Torque said:

Possibly true, but for anyone else not stuck in 1987, PAS will allow you to run with suspension geometery that would make the car undriveable otherwise. Look at race cars, they shuned PAS for years, then embraced it when ti became clear of it's advantages!

I'm not sure how power steering assists in undriveable suspension geometry. If that geometry makes the steering extra heavy, then yes. If it makes the car tramline then I can't see it helping.

Race cars use it to reduce driver fatigue especially when using sticky slick tyres. You can get a power version of the Ultima rack from Titan. It is, however, rather expensive (not sure if it will fit either).


Paul

[dandare]

Storer said:

Easy first - tyres are 30 profile.

Rims are 9.5" wide.

The wishbones are custom and the rims are 1" outer and 8" inner with the centre giving the extra 0.5".


Paul

Thanks. Did you have any problems with the tyres rubbing on the body or chassis? I need to order my wheels and would like to go for wider fronts, but if your wishbones are a different length, then the offests are probably wrong for standard wishbones.

I apologise for almost hijacking this thread, Stig.

[Storer]

You need to reduce the scrub radius to be able to fit wider front wheels, which is what the lengthened wishbones do by moving the pivot point to the centre of the wheel.

You will struggle to fit wider front wheels with standard wishbones.


Paul

[hedgefinder]

Anyone tried fitting the corsa column with the centre bodywork still in place? just curious..