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Turning radius: who has angle kits or modded knuckles

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Old 10-09-11, 08:11 AM
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Default Turning radius: who has angle kits or modded knuckles

Just curious. I've a daily gs300; recently retired my s14. I'm starting enjoy the luxury aspects of the lexus over the Nissan...mmmm etc etc etc thats all besides the point.

I'm probably going to move to the sc300 because I just cant let go of coupes so: weight and turning radius are the only major issues I had with driving the lexus instead of the nissan.

So just curious as to who's running some angle kits, spacers, adapters, modded knuckles etc....

or is no one else irked by having to do 3 point turns everywhere.
Old 10-09-11, 08:28 AM
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i have a set of awesome shop knuckles on my sc3 car turns sharper than my 06 civic si daily now
Old 10-09-11, 08:30 AM
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Mass production or custom? what was the price range?!
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custom but they built a jig off mine to reproduce them i think they sell'em for like 250$ +core or send yours in and not worry about core. check my build thread theres pics of them and the cage The Awesome Shop did for me
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I have a set of custom ones and the turning is crazy and I have a buddy that did mine does them for about the same price .
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ya i know its way more than a night and day difference... i also have a imca dirt mod steering column in my car with a 2:1 quickener, i bearly get 1 full turn to lock from center
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awesome! thread saved! ill pm you guys when its go time!
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I always kinda wondered, because shortening the knuckle effectively decreases the leverage that the rack now has over your knuckles, does that increase the stress on your rack? or is the difference marginal?
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