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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 02:32 PM
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I am looking for any information as to how I can quicken the steering on my '99 C5 FRC. Beyond the minor upgrades the car is virtually stock. Thank you in advance.
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Sadly I don't think there's too terribly much that can be done. A smaller steering wheel supposedly helps make it feel like quicker steering.
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Use some toe out and use less caster. Check out the auto cross section of the forums.

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The only way you can get quicker steering is to get a quicker ratio steering rack. Unfortunately, there aren't any. It doesn't exist. I know I have researched this endlessly and have come up with nothing. So yeah, all you can do is improve the feel as mentioned in the posts above. I'm actually thinking about getting a slightly smaller aftermarket steering wheel but I just cannot get myself to dump the airbag.
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Originally Posted by Cybermind
The only way you can get quicker steering is to get a quicker ratio steering rack. Unfortunately, there aren't any. It doesn't exist. I know I have researched this endlessly and have come up with nothing.
....or find some shorter steering arms from somewhere. Probably equally impossible to find. Or if you found some, who knows what spec. material they used. Wonder what steering components the C5R's used??
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