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From: Divyesh Divyesh Jansari

To: BMW '02 Owners

Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:28 PM

Subject: [bmw02] Close ratio steering box - feeler

Following the discussion on 'Heavey steering', I got thinking about the Close Ratio Steering Box.  I'm building an s14 2002 and could do with Close Ratio Steering, but I'm sure this steering box would also be useful in most 02's. As the gear sets are NLA now for close ratio I got thinking about reproduction.

The Turbo 02 had a close ratio box and I think Alpina also made one too, but both are as rare as hens teeth. I got talking to a friend who is a CAD technician and If I could get on loan the gear set for a close ratio steering box I could get the gears scaned and possibly reproduced. 

The result would be a new gear set to convert your existing steering box to close ratio.  The obvious economies of scale would apply to reduce the cost of production so I think a minimum of 10 people for a group buy would be needed.

This is just a feeler to gauge peoples thought initially, obviously we would also need to source a gear set too.

Regards

Divyesh 

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