Hey all, what is your opinion on adding more steering angle for road course use? I cant think of a reason to not have more angle to catch a slide. There are a ton of inexpensive options for the Z thanks to the drifters.
http://www.maverick-motorsports.com/

But my question is. Do these spacers put extra stress and strain on the tie rods? A tie rod failure at high speed would be devastating. Any personal experience?

thanks

 

just cut the factory ones until you can get the desired angle

 

The more you alter your tie rod geometry, the more likely you are to added unwanted bump steer and adversely affect your ackerman angle. The Z has plenty of steering angle for the road course.

And yes, those will increase the average stress on your tie rods and rack. Leave the silly drifter parts to the people who don't actually care about making a car drive in the correct direction.

Steering geometry is the last thing you should be altering.

 

Agreed 100%. In many cases on race cars, we actually reduce the amount of available steering angle to be able to better route brake duct hoses. There are very few corners on race tracks that require more than 135 degrees of steering input, so the loss of available steering angle is not an issue in normal circumstances. If you are at the limit of the allowable stock steering angle of the rack on track, you generally have much bigger issues to worry about than having a little bit more available steering angle.