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[Matt49]

It is irrelevant with their explanation. They are talking about one turn of steering as in how the racks are rated one rack turn not one steering wheel turn. The rack ratio is based off one turn on the rack. You physical steering wheel will turn different depending on size a 12" might go around a few times where a 17" wont. The Rocket Book tells you what servo and rack they recommend. Wheel choice is up to you but most run 17", 15" if they don't have the room

Sorry but this is completely wrong.
If a 12" steering wheel goes 360 degrees to max out a rack movement, then a 17" steering wheel will also go 360 degrees to max out the same rack. I'll bet literally any amount of money on this.

[brashley]

Matt is right - The distance the steering shaft travels is not dependent on the size of the steering wheel. A larger wheel will make the final ratio slower because in 1 revolution a 12" wheel would move 75.36" and a 17" wheel would move 106.76" but it will not change how far the shaft travels from lock to lock.

[stock car driver]

You physical steering wheel will turn different depending on size a 12" might go around a few times where a 17" wont

Wow........

[Lizardracing]

You guys have linear movement confused with rotation movement.

The bigger the wheel the more your hand has to move to complete a revolution. The number of revolutions is constant when expressing a ratio in this discussion. There are two ways to accomplish the task of moving your hands less. You can get a smaller wheel or you can increase the ratio of the rack. A combination of both is most likely.

[7uptruckracer]

Thanks for the bashing I'm trying to talk about if someone is in the car and using their hands as a guide of how their rack has changed all the different explanations are confusing people myself included. I was trying to say a wheel is irreverent because it won't make a rack travel any more or less but your hands will change how much they move if you change wheel sizes.

[TALON75]

What about running the gray over blue?

The grey holes will slow down the steering a bit, and change ackerman.

[jedclampit]

This comes up about once a year, Search steering wheel size.

[wismadman]

Why did they move the battery again? They are running the same axle lengths as 2007 ? How much moving of the 4 bars on the rearend end side is going on? Or are they staying 6 in from center of tube on all 4 corners?