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[76lxhatch]

I tried some HQ steering arms when I was measuring bump steer. I didn't bother plotting them against the other arms since the numbers were so far out.

 

Unless something has been altered quite significantly it would be a bit dangerous. Maybe they just put them on there to make it easier to roll around?

[TerrA LX]

There are two? different steering arms for the big brother, a long and a short?
P/S and non P/S?

[76lxhatch]

There are two? different steering arms for the big brother, a long and a short?
P/S and non P/S?

Yes for HJ-HZ (HQ got the short version for manual steer also). The short is ~90mm from tie rod end to front bolt and the long is ~120mm if I remember correctly, these look like the long ones from the overhead shot (which also push the tie rod end inboard a bit for wheel clearance). The long ones slow the steering ratio somewhat too, in this case you may possibly even have reduced lock/turning capacity.

 

The biggest issue for bump steer is the height of the tie rod end, they are dropped too low. Have seen/heard of tricks with bending the arms and using fancy brackets at the mounting bolts to alter the angle but its hardly worth the hassle if you're building a standard Torana front end.