FIRENZA/CHEVETTE

[bulldog]

hello can anyone tell me if you can still get a quick rack [less turns from lock to lock STEERING RACK ] for a firenza? and is the inner bits ie rack and pinion the same for hc and chevettes? and on that note can you still get a quick rack for a chevette? any info would be a great help.mike

[MattHC1600SL]

Viva/Firenza rack is not the same as Chevette, totally different. I have a catalogue here from Europa Specialist Spares, its a couple of years old, but they still list quick racks for a Chevette. Matt.

[bulldog]

i no that it a is different casting but is the guts the same

[MattHC1600SL]

No doubt it very much. Viva british design, Chevette adapted Opel (German) design. Front suspension similar to look at but nothing interchanges at all. >From what i remember of Chevettes they use a Cam Gears type rack with a screw adjustable damper, whereas Vivas use a sprung nylon damper. Viva rack has a long shaft, Chevette one is quite short. Matt.

[Chevetter]

You can get a quickrack kit (2.5 turns) for a chevette from TJ motorsport - www.tjmotorsport.co.uk. Iirc they're about 95 quid + P&P.

[bulldog]

aw well thanks anyway i mite see if i can make the chevett fit some how

[xwv2300]

While reading a recent issue of retro cars magazine i noted that one of john sharps cars is fitted with a modified escort quick rack, don`t know whats involved though but escort racks are available just about everwhere.