lamrith

Smaller can be nice to us taller guys though, more room for legs.

Dan Martinic

I'm 6'2"! Once I moved the steering wheel out 30mm (with the M018 extension), it actually went 'up' a bit (due to the slight angle) giving even more room. The 380 never bothered me in its original position but this is an '88; I once sat in a pre-85.5 and oh man I could barely even get into it never mind turn the wheel! They really are low on the early cars.

Funny thing is I found the 363mm wheel gave me elbow pain after a while. I do about 50% highway each day's drive to work so maybe that's it. I'll admit it's a little nicer to park with the 363 though

Otto Mechanic

Thank you, but no. In my case at least, your word and Jim's are more than enough. I do appreciate the offer though.

Best Regards,
Scott.

lamrith

6'4" here. I am pretty used to wheels near legs at this point in my later years, but nice when options are there to gain room. There are some cars I cannot keep my hands on the wheel over my legs. This 87 is not at that point, but not far from it. I know for my project car I plan to use an extension, since it is my car.

Dan Martinic

PF

Is there a visible difference between manual and depowered powerracks? I owned both a 86 Turbo Cup and a 89 Turbo Cup and visibly the racks looken the same but the 86 was 3,1 turns lock to lock and the 89 was 2,9 turns lock to lock. The 86 I owned was one of the presscars for the german series and the 89 was raced in the german series by a Swedish team.

V2Rocket

I've got a depowered rack with u-joint shaft and tie rods (used) for $150 shipped in USA, open to offers...

T&T Racing

I was pleased with "The Machine Shop" work and response. Martin refurbished my manual rack and rebuilt the intermediate shaft with 2 new U-joints. The issue was the U-joints had failed causing 10+degrees of free movement in the steering wheel.

harveyf

+1 on The Machine Shop rack.

basic 944

Is this for a conversion of a powered rack to de-powered, or a “new” manual? I have 944S that I’d like to convert but still don’t know whether I should be doing a de-powered rack or just get the manual. I think it makes more sense to reuse my original rack, which has zero play, but I’m not 100% sure what “The Machine Shop” will do in that case and how much that process costs. Any input is appreciated.

tempest411

You could contact them. They had been advertising their 'all-new' manual racks on E-Bay if you want to see pictures. I'm nof sure if they are currently, I bought a new intermediate steering shaft for my manual rack and am vety pleased with it. It wasn't a cut-and-welded ps shaft, or a shaft made with Borgenson aftetmarket parts. It looked like the real deal.