Jack,
Titan's electric power steering system is made by DC Electronics; also in the UK. The system is sold by Flaming River in North America but it's very expensive and really designed for serious racers.
The electric power steering system that's being successfully used by a number of Pantera owners is made by EZ Electric Power Steering in The Netherlands. It's a Pantera specific system that retains the OEM steering rack. It gives a low to moderate level of assist and is speed sensitive (more speed = less assist), so at 30mph you can hardly tell it's there. http://www.ezpowersteering.nl/...age/158/17/Home.html
Steve.
I do have all of the information & drawings at work.
(I'm at home right now & it's a long weekend so won't be back at work till Tuesday).
The rack is not an exact fit to replace the original Pantera item.
This is due to the limitations of Titans design & how much they can adjust the housing to suit the Pantera.
So the input spline shaft that the column bolts to is around 50mm further inboard.
The raised bosses on the rack also don't line up with the original Pantera clamp type mounts.
What I did was design an adaptor plate in 10mm Aluminium.
It bolts to the original four bolt holes in the chassis, (where the clamps bolted to).
Then I used the original Pantera rack clamps & they hold the rack in place & bolt to the Aluminium plate.
I used a ratio from Titans selection that is the same as the original Pantera.
The distance between the rack ends is 2", (50.8mm) less than the original which obviously makes the tie rods longer by the same amount.
I used the original tie rod ends, but had Titan make the tie rods longer by around an extra 25mm per side which gave me more thread up inside the tie rod ends.
There is a picture of the rack installed on another of my threads.
Click here: http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/...044/m/2711093146/p/3
I will also be installing electric power steering, not a Titan unit though.
regards,
Tony.
I do have all of the information & drawings at work.
(I'm at home right now & it's a long weekend so won't be back at work till Tuesday).
The rack is not an exact fit to replace the original Pantera item.
This is due to the limitations of Titans design & how much they can adjust the housing to suit the Pantera.
So the input spline shaft that the column bolts to is around 50mm further inboard.
The raised bosses on the rack also don't line up with the original Pantera clamp type mounts.
What I did was design an adaptor plate in 10mm Aluminium.
It bolts to the original four bolt holes in the chassis, (where the clamps bolted to).
Then I used the original Pantera rack clamps & they hold the rack in place & bolt to the Aluminium plate.
I used a ratio from Titans selection that is the same as the original Pantera.
The distance between the rack ends is 2", (50.8mm) less than the original which obviously makes the tie rods longer by the same amount.
I used the original tie rod ends, but had Titan make the tie rods longer by around an extra 25mm per side which gave me more thread up inside the tie rod ends.
There is a picture of the rack installed on another of my threads.
Click here: http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/...044/m/2711093146/p/3
I will also be installing electric power steering, not a Titan unit though.
regards,
Tony.
Hi Tony.
I would also be interested in the Titan steering rack details if you're up for posting them.
Thanks in advance.
Lui
I would also be interested in the Titan steering rack details if you're up for posting them.
Thanks in advance.
Lui
Woops, sorry guys I forgot about this.
Will find the information tomorrow.
The drawings are PDF & this site keeps rejecting them as they are too large.
Not sure how to adjust a PDF & make it smaller?
regards,
Tony.
Will find the information tomorrow.
The drawings are PDF & this site keeps rejecting them as they are too large.
Not sure how to adjust a PDF & make it smaller?
regards,
Tony.
Here's an update, I finally had some time to get the old rack out and compare it to the new 308 rack. Looks exactly identical. I measured the diameter of where it mounts and both are the same. That's good enough for me. I'll keep the old one and rebuild it at a later date just to say I did. I'm wanting to keep all the original parts for the next Pantera fan.
Kenny,
Kenny,
These Ferrari 308 GT4 racks are now available on Ebay at $185 with free shipping. 8 left.
Item 290640157982
Item 290640157982
About two years ago I purchased a new rack from Wilkinson when I believe they first became available. I tried to find another TRW rack like on my other car but failed. I liked the difference between my stock unit and the new. Cost was not cheap, but considering the investment behind the rack I chose not to become creative. Not many miles on the new rack but still believe I made the right decision.
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