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    OK.. So becaus I'm a GIANT gaybo. I would really like to run PS in my track car..

    Is there a PS rack that is the correct length or close to that of an 86 rack but ahs more travel than the 86 PS rack.?
    ae82 eg..
    Or going in a different dirrection.. What is it the limits the rack travel in a PS rack..??
    Is it less teeth or the internal piston that stops it.?
    I've never pulled a PS rack apart to see exactly how they function..

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    Some searching reveals it will probably be far easier to fit an electric steering column instead..
    I have to change mine anyway so no biggy..

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    One of the irish guys posted that the seals pop if you go more than the original amount of travel. I think it might have been the same guy who was offering the drop in modified Opel Corsa electric column.
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    I fitted Uras extra lock rack ends to my P/S rack and it blew the seal on the piston. The piston travels past the external oil tubes and tears the nylon seal. I fitted another rack and the same happened, fitted new seals to the 1st rack and it blew again. I went back to normal rack ends then.
    You might get away with a 3-4mm spacer but you would have to remove the pipes and see how close you would be to blowing out the seal.

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    In my googling I came across the Opel Corsa colomn.. Its quite a common rack to use into almost anything from what I can see..
    Quite cheap too.. Thats deffinately the dirrection I will be heading..

    jdm86gtz..
    I figured that would be the issue.. And even if you did get a 3-4mm spacer its still a long way short of matching the manual. rack.

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    find out if it's the same as out locally delivered Barina if you can. I am interested myself
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    Don't know how I'd find that info out but I would imagine they would be the same.. Would seem strange to change them when the cars are virtuall identical save for some minor cosmetic differences.

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    just find out if they feature any electric assistance for the start, if it does then I bet it's the same
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    Vauxhall.

    Barina.

    AS far as I can see they are identical..

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    Do you find the manual rack too heavy? Are you running wide front tyres? and what are you using the car for?

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