Anyone use a steering quickener?

72bluNblu said
The Hotchkiss Challenger runs a 1.5:1 steering quickener for 12:1. I have seen a picture of it somewhere, it’s mounted right at the steering box with a shortened steering column. The reviews I’ve seen from drivers were all positive, at least on AutoX courses.

The AAR and T/A cars ran the longer pitman arms on the power steering cars, those were also 12:1. I don’t think that ratio is an issue with power.

With manual steering it’ll break your arms. But really, it would slow the steering down. Even with my 16:1 manual steering, 275’s up front and +6.5*’s of caster my arm strength limits how fast I turn more than the steering ratio does.

The only A body I've ever personally seen with them was a '69 Swinger and he had problems with them hitting the headpipes- he switched to headers (forget which brand, sorry- it was probably 20 years ago) and they were still hitting. Ended up putting standard arms back on. Not saying it can't be worked around (I have heard of it, so never say never! But that is also where I heard the lighter As got twitchy with PS) but do expect some clearance issues on As.
Oh, jeepers, maybe I made a wrong assumption- when he said "steering quickeners" I assumed he was talking the longer idler and pitman arms, and on an A body... Color my face red if I jumped to the wrong assumption... :(