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Old 10-28-2008, 09:10 PM   #11 (permalink)
metromizer
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Wow! Lots of ideas.

That Citation I mentioned, never had the bugs all worked out before I left that company. The boss intended that Chevy to be the beta unit for a mass produced or retrofit car, and as you say Ben, the same steering weather it was in ICE or EV mode, as a requirement

Remember that older manual steer cars often used less caster (I think the metro does, too), which decreases low speed steering effort for ease of parking. I wouldn't get carried away, and I'd reduce the caster, keeping at least 3-5 degrees for higher speed stability.

You could also slightly increase the diameter of the steering wheel, too.

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