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sk84life
20-08-2009, 13:18
Im trying to organise a potential buy of custom made Quaife non-pas quick racks for those who want to run the non-pas set-up whilst not missing out on the lower lock-to-lock ratio that the Valver/williams pas rack has.

I have contacted Quaife and they are able to provide us with the internals we would require.

I'm not sure what sort of ratio people are after, but that can be decided if enough people commit to the buy.

The order needs to be a minimum of 10 racks.

The price is going to be around £125 for the bits (not including postage), although this may change depending on the design we go for.

25% would be required as a deposit and the racks would take 12-16 weeks to make.

Some details from my contact at Quaife as follows:

His responses are in bold


- What exactly will you provide? Will it be the whole steering rack set-up (including inner arms, track rod ends etc.) or just the internal parts that will convert the rack I have to quick? It would be just internals the pinion and the rack.
- What sort of ratios will you be able to provide i.e. lock-to-lock turns? it depends on what can be achieved in the design of the rack housing and what you would want normally 2.5 - 2.9 but we have tried this sort of conversion on a number of racks and the basic design of the housing means a conversion cannot be done, which is why we need to see a sample to evaluate.
- This may be me misunderstanding your response, but will you actually design the components that will make up the rack?
Yes we will take the sample you supply and draw up a new internal rack and pinion to suit. IT WILL NOT BE A COMPLETE RACK ONLY INTERNALS.
Hope that helps Len


So to get this going you will need the non-pas column from a lower spec clio and a non-pas rack from a lower spec clio to fit the 'quick' internals into.

To be honest, i'm not expecting to get enough interest for this to go ahead, but I might as well give it a go and see how things pan out...

So add your name to the list if your keen and we'll see how things go.

Cheers

1. Dan-valver (sk84life)
2. Beanie (c16v)
3. Coops (c16v)
4. 16v_paddy (c16v)

schakal
20-08-2009, 13:29
whats wrong with blanking the standard p/s rack fluid holes ?
iirc many people that gone non p/s used that setup .

16v_paddy
20-08-2009, 13:50
^^^Yeah the cheap pikey bastards have :P

sk84life
20-08-2009, 14:19
whats wrong with blanking the standard p/s rack fluid holes ?
iirc many people that gone non p/s used that setup .

Theres nothing wrong with doing as you have said, but i'm interested in getting a proper non-pas set-up for my valver rally car build and so thought it would be worth a shot gauging interest......

AndyFielder
20-08-2009, 23:08
put me down for one!

sk84life
20-08-2009, 23:54
put me down for one!

Then add your name to the list :wink:

1. Dan-valver (sk84life)
2. Beanie (c16v)
3. Coops (c16v)
4. 16v_paddy (c16v)
5. AndyFielder (wc)

cliokongen
21-08-2009, 10:37
If the parts will suit a left hand drive rack im in....

Michael

sk84life
21-08-2009, 13:06
If the parts will suit a left hand drive rack im in....

Michael

Fairly certain they won't be compatible however I will see if they can make up the lhd set-up in our group buy so I'll add you to the list for now:

1. Dan-valver (sk84life)
2. Beanie (c16v)
3. Coops (c16v)
4. 16v_paddy (c16v)
5. AndyFielder (wc)
6. cliokongen (lhd) (wc)

cliokongen
24-08-2009, 08:02
Great... :D

sk84life
24-08-2009, 18:34
Updated:

1. Dan-valver
2. Coops (c16v)
3. 16v_paddy (c16v)
4. AndyFielder (wc)
5. cliokongen (lhd) (wc)
6. excudo (lhd)
7. Geezer (C16V)

stevie_b
25-08-2009, 08:44
1. Dan-valver
2. Coops (c16v)
3. 16v_paddy (c16v)
4. AndyFielder (wc)
5. cliokongen (lhd) (wc)
6. excudo (lhd)
7. Geezer (C16V)
8. stevie_b (wc)

geesus
25-08-2009, 10:47
can i just clear something up?

quaife want to see the design of the rack before they can confirm what ratio can be achieved? is that right?

speed
25-08-2009, 17:20
yeah it also says due to the design of most racks its not possible to make.

think they should see a rack before we get our hopes up

sk84life
25-08-2009, 18:00
yeah it also says due to the design of most racks its not possible to make.

think they should see a rack before we get our hopes up

Speed is correct, I will be getting a manual rack next week and hopefully sending it off to Quaife immediately to see if the quick rack will be doable....

speed
25-08-2009, 18:35
i'll have one if its do-able and the ratio is 2.5 turns or less lock to lock. dont fancy a 2.9 as tehe williams is 2.75iirc

white16valver
25-08-2009, 19:10
whats wrong with blanking the standard p/s rack fluid holes ?
iirc many people that gone non p/s used that setup .
Without wishing to take this thread off topic, I am skiiiint and can't afford a custom rack for the foreseeable future :( and have a small leak on the current one.

Is the pikey conversions simply a case of removing all the connecting pipes and the pump and the reservoir, filling the rack with fluid then welding the holes closed??

andyrg
14-09-2009, 13:59
1. Dan-valver
2. Coops (c16v)
3. 16v_paddy (c16v)
4. AndyFielder (wc)
5. cliokongen (lhd) (wc)
6. excudo (lhd)
7. Geezer (C16V)
8. stevie_b (wc)
9. AndY G

cliolord
14-09-2009, 21:30
whats wrong with blanking the standard p/s rack fluid holes ?
iirc many people that gone non p/s used that setup .

well, as MOT rules go it should FAIL an MOT using a PAS rack which is unoperational

sk84life
18-09-2009, 18:20
Bit of an update, received my non-pas bits down today (rack, column & alt brackets).

Will be sending the rack out to Quaife on Monday/Tuesday - so should be getting some more info once they've done their testing etc.

Not sure how long this will take but i'll ask my contact and update on here.

Cheers

cliokongen
18-09-2009, 20:35
Great work so far... :)

Coops
20-09-2009, 00:47
excellent stuff, i'm converting to manual next weekend so keen for this to go ahead :D

white16valver
21-09-2009, 18:37
Thanks for the update :)

Beaniemoo
22-09-2009, 23:15
yeah it also says due to the design of most racks its not possible to make.

think they should see a rack before we get our hopes up

Speed is correct, I will be getting a manual rack next week and hopefully sending it off to Quaife immediately to see if the quick rack will be doable....


If it helps at all I have recently bought a manual rack which was converted to a quick rack a few years ago and it's just under 2.5 turns lock to lock so it can definately be done.

Evogone
29-09-2009, 11:16
PUT ME DOWN FOR THIS TOO..!!!

Let me know when you need money etc...

sk84life
29-09-2009, 12:51
Thanks for the post Beanie, any idea what quick internals your rack is using?

Still awaiting response from Quaife although I only sent my rack last week....

List updated:

1. Dan-valver
2. Coops (c16v)
3. 16v_paddy (c16v)
4. AndyFielder (wc)
5. cliokongen (lhd) (wc)
6. excudo (lhd) (c16v)
7. Geezer (c16v)
8. stevie_b (wc)
9. AndY G (wc)
10. Evogone (wc)

Coops
29-09-2009, 12:53
excellent, we have all 10

awaits response from quaife with baited breath :lol:

16v_paddy
29-09-2009, 13:04
:excited:

sk84life
29-09-2009, 13:23
excellent, we have all 10

Don't get too excited yet, it's looking increasingly likely that we will loose Excudo and Cliokongen from the buy because they need lhd racks which are not compatible (to confirm) with rhd racks..... :(

cliokongen
29-09-2009, 14:01
Fingers crossed....
But tbh i don't think internals are interchangeable.

Michael

Coops
29-09-2009, 14:08
surely its worth asking quaife if they can simply invert the necessary components to make it fit a LHD rack, if they are fabricating the lot from scratch it must be dooable within the group buy?

sk84life
29-09-2009, 15:02
surely its worth asking quaife if they can simply invert the necessary components to make it fit a LHD rack, if they are fabricating the lot from scratch it must be dooable within the group buy?

I'll see what they say

geesus
30-09-2009, 09:24
if this goes ahead i might be in

i want to check what turn to turn they offer first and compare it to the cup racer before putting my name down :lol:

sk84life
30-09-2009, 17:52
Response from Quaife today:


Rack is now stripped and inspected Daniel, there are a couple of issues and we cannot confirm that we will be able to do 2.5 lock to lock without putting it into CAD and do the calculations The price we can offer the rack at is £225 each for an order of 10 and £138 each for an order of 30 both prices are plus vat and include all design work. If that is of interest please get back to me and I can set out delivery times and conditions.
Len


People's opinions?

speed
30-09-2009, 18:52
£260 wow expensive,

Coops
30-09-2009, 19:38
too expensive really imo

16v_paddy
30-09-2009, 19:39
:shock:

any chance of getting 30 people interested??

cliokongen
30-09-2009, 20:28
Very expensive tbh....

sk84life
30-09-2009, 20:40
£260 wow expensive,


too expensive really imo


Shocked


Very expensive tbh....

Couldn't agree more lads :( Annoying though cos i'm still really keen!

Coops
30-09-2009, 22:32
ditto, excellent idea, are there no other engineering companies who could take it on?

sk84life
01-10-2009, 09:11
ditto, excellent idea, are there no other engineering companies who could take it on?

I was thinking about this the other day, could potentially try Sadev as I know they make quick racks, only problem is I don't have a non-pas rack to send them as mine is with Quaife.

Any other ideas for other companies we could try?

Evogone
01-10-2009, 09:20
Response from Quaife today:


Rack is now stripped and inspected Daniel, there are a couple of issues and we cannot confirm that we will be able to do 2.5 lock to lock without putting it into CAD and do the calculations The price we can offer the rack at is £225 each for an order of 10 and £138 each for an order of 30 both prices are plus vat and include all design work. If that is of interest please get back to me and I can set out delivery times and conditions.
Len


People's opinions?

The price differential between 10 off and 30 off doesnt make sense to me at all.

With 10 off it should be 138, why is this so much more expensive than all there other rack and pinion sets..?

I believe that you can get a Non pas Nova quick rack (there about 150 quid i think) that only needs one bracket modding to fit the Clio. Heard someone that has done this and it been fine.

Evogone
01-10-2009, 09:25
http://www.mayesmotorsport.co.uk/catalog_view.php?id=118

Evogone
01-10-2009, 09:26
http://www.quaife.co.uk/Vauxhall-Nova-RHD-quick-rack-and-pinion-kit-2-5

Nova rack kit is 98 quid from quaife..... :?

Coops
01-10-2009, 10:01
so if someone can go out on a limb and try to get a nova rack to fit...........

and sky man, get your rack back off quaife if they are going to charge that much and send it to sadev 8)

sk84life
02-10-2009, 12:14
Just head back from Sadev but they are quoting roughly €1,000 per rack and pinion :shock:

No chance of a price reduction with Quaife so we are either going to have to go for 10 racks at £225 or 30 at £138.

Am also awaiting response from another company.

Cheers

white16valver
02-10-2009, 20:37
Thanks for keeping on top of this and following it up :)

Evogone
04-10-2009, 00:23
Get hanggling and get a better deal on the Quaife kit. All there other stuff is so cheap, turning down business is crazy....

I would pay 150-175 quid for a 2.5 rack what about everyone else ?

May as well just buy a new valver PAS rack for 160 from GSF and blank it off....... 2.8 rack and all new kit

sk84life
04-10-2009, 12:26
Get hanggling and get a better deal on the Quaife kit. All there other stuff is so cheap, turning down business is crazy....

I would pay 150-175 quid for a 2.5 rack what about everyone else ?

May as well just buy a new valver PAS rack for 160 from GSF and blank it off....... 2.8 rack and all new kit

Quaife have told me that there is no room for price negotiation, I am the same about the price.

sk84life
06-10-2009, 13:27
Had a response from Quaife for an order of 20 racks, will PM everybody this evening with price options. List as currently stands:

1. Dan-valver (sk84life)
2. Coops (c16v)
3. 16v_paddy (c16v)
4. AndyFielder (wc)
5. Geezer (c16v)
6. stevie_b (wc)
7. AndY G (wc)
8. Speed (c16v) (if 2.5 turns)
9. Evogone (wc)
10. cliokiz (c16v)
11. Beardo (c16v)
12. Creatamax (c16v)

Thanks

sk84life
07-10-2009, 21:37
Haven't had positive feedback from people now we have final prices (as expected tbh) so it is highly likely that the group buy will not be going ahead....

Sorry for those that were still keen.

Coops
08-10-2009, 09:47
its a shame really, excellent idea and cheers for all your hard work fella for investigating the options etc.

Evogone
08-10-2009, 13:20
Come one everyone, as always people say yes but havent got the money....

Get the numbers you can and ask Quaife to go with whatever that is 15 say..?

Its business at the end of the day ?

Evogone
08-10-2009, 13:21
Question is the rack and pinion in the PAS rack the same fitment as the non PAS rack ? Can they not be swapped so to have a 2.8 non PAS rack ?

sk84life
08-10-2009, 13:39
Come one everyone, as always people say yes but havent got the money....

Get the numbers you can and ask Quaife to go with whatever that is 15 say..?

Its business at the end of the day ?

Originally Quaife said roughly around £125 per rack for an order of 10, the fact that this has gone up to £225, which doesn't include VAT, has put a lot of people off, and it also seems pretty contradictory when you can buy a nova quick rack for £100.....

I have talked and talked with Quaife but they are not willing to move on price and a price for 15 isn't going to really make that much difference.

Not sure on the interchangability of PAS racks with non-PAS racks.....

andyrg
23-10-2009, 14:30
Sorry guys but i am out.

The standard Williams Rack is 2.5 any ways so i have adapted the williams rack too be manual as the waiting time etc is too long for me

Cheers