Dished Steering wheel

[MortenH]

Hi

Just bought a 1974 TVR 3000M (same vintage as me). I am a quite tall lad 192 cm (6 feet and 3 inches), and would like a dished or semi-dished steering Wheel of some kind. I like the Mountney Wheels. Do you have any other/better suggestions?

And should I by to fit a TR6, or how does it match up?

Thanks!

[madsvlund]

When we are at the topic... I have a 1" deept on my steering wheel, and would like it 2-3" deep, rally style. 13" is broadly available, but need 12"/300mm

And suggestions ? (boss i not important as I can easyly manufacture a new)

Br Mads

[phillpot]

Motalita list a dished 12" wheel don't can't see that it says anywhere how dished it is?

[gmw9666]

I think I can help here :-)

I'm 6'6" and had the same problem

Here is what I did. Bought a mountney steering wheel, slight dish and also slightly smaller diameter to the original wheel. I also had a 1" spacer made to bring the steering wheel closer and aid on leg room. As a final push Adrian fitted a "long" pedal box to give an extra couple of inch on the pedals.

At 6'3" that would give you all the room you need. Would go wheel first, then add spacer, then pedal box if you still struggle

[gmw9666]

madsvlund said:

When we are at the topic... I have a 1" deept on my steering wheel, and would like it 2-3" deep, rally style. 13" is broadly available, but need 12"/300mm

And suggestions ? (boss i not important as I can easyly manufacture a new)

Br Mads

Why not grab yourself an early wedge steering wheel, you"ll need to change your boss but they are very dished

[MortenH]

Thanks a lot guys - I'll go for a 12" Mountney then. Which types will fit directly?

[gmw9666]

MortenH said:

Thanks a lot guys - I'll go for a 12" Mountney then. Which types will fit directly?

The ones with the big hole in the centre :-) http://www.mountneyltd.com/product/black-leather-w...

[MortenH]

I'll combine it with a Quick steering rack, which I guess will fit directly. Can anyone confirm that?

It is the one for TR6 from Moss:

http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/ViewProducts.asp...

Thanks again!

[gmw9666]

Are you sure you need a quick rack.......get searching on here for tips / advice

I'm running a freshly rebuilt rack and its quick enough lol

[Cerberus90]

If it's just for road use I don't think a quick rack is really needed. We've had our 1600M on numerous trackdays and still don't quite feel the need for a quick rack.

Once your moving, you don't use much lock anyway, only in tight corners will you have to move your hands.

I think also that the heaviness of the steering increases at slow/stationary speeds when you fit a quick rack.




I would like to try a quick rack if I could just to see what it's like, but I think first I'll see what the Taimars like with the solid rack mounts.

[MortenH]

I plan to hillclimb and also use the car for trackdays. I've had a tailhappy 3000M before and I think that the standard rack is way to slow, when correction of oversteer is needed. I plan to increase the power as well.

Edited by MortenH on Tuesday 22 October 22:13

Edited by MortenH on Tuesday 22 October 22:14

[Slow M]

MortenH said:

I'll combine it with a Quick steering rack, which I guess will fit directly. Can anyone confirm that?

It is the one for TR6 from Moss:

http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/ViewProducts.asp...

Thanks again!

Yes.
No.
Talk to Adrian.

Best,
B.

[GadgeS3C]

Cerberus90 said:

I would like to try a quick rack if I could just to see what it's like, but I think first I'll see what the Taimars like with the solid rack mounts.

Don't wait - I put Adrian's solid mounts on the 3000M - highly recommended - much nicer steering. Well worth doing on your 1600M for all those trackdays!

Back on topic - I fitted a slightly bigger wheel in our 3000M. The (non-original) one that was fitted stopped me seeing the speedo. Bought a 2nd hand Mountney off ebay (nicely patinated) that is an inch bigger.

I now know if I'm speeding!

Edited by GadgeS3C on Wednesday 23 October 17:56

[timelord]

Rack is Triumph 2000/2500 saloon, slightly wider than TR6 one, solid mounts are certainly worthwhile but a quick rack is near impossible to drive at low speed. Geoff

[madsvlund]

GadgeS3C said:

I now know if I'm speeding!

Edited by GadgeS3C on Wednesday 23 October 17:56

I have the small steering wheel, and know I am speeding (but not how much)

[MortenH]

timelord said:

Rack is Triumph 2000/2500 saloon, slightly wider than TR6 one, solid mounts are certainly worthwhile but a quick rack is near impossible to drive at low speed. Geoff

So the quick rack won't fit directly?

Thanks and Regards, Morten

[MortenH]

gmw9666 said:

I think I can help here :-)

I'm 6'6" and had the same problem

Here is what I did. Bought a mountney steering wheel, slight dish and also slightly smaller diameter to the original wheel. I also had a 1" spacer made to bring the steering wheel closer and aid on leg room. As a final push Adrian fitted a "long" pedal box to give an extra couple of inch on the pedals.

At 6'3" that would give you all the room you need. Would go wheel first, then add spacer, then pedal box if you still struggle

Is yours a 12" or13" wheel?

Thanks again, Morten

[gmw9666]

12"

[MortenH]

I have been researching a bit - it seems that the only difference between TR6 rack and 2000 rack is the track rods are longer on the 2000. So I can use the ones I have? Can anyone confirm that they will fit on the TR6 rack?

Thanks a lot for any help - Again!

Regards, Morten

[Adrian@]

NOTHING (as in NOT one part!) from the NEW Rimmers TR6 quick rack will change into/from the standard TVR rack ...what you need, IF you choose ignore the advice of the people you are giving you (I build the TVR rack/change pinions/shorten bodies/lengthen arms add adapters and have sold quick racks out to people who think that that they can live with a quick rack, WHO then prefer to have the standard ratio AGAIN ...too many time to count!!) is a rebuild of your rack with a quick rack pinion.
Adrian@

Edited by Adrian@ on Thursday 24th October 11:59