Quote Originally Posted by MCoach View Post
Off topic, but I'm still surprised at how much "wind up" is considered acceptable in the steering system with these cars under load.
If you clamp the wheels or hubs in place and try to steer the car you can get a good +/- 25 degrees of elastic steering wheel angle from center.
Like Bill touched on already, these steering systems are just inherently prone to lots of compliance. Not sure what team you are working for, but take a look inside your pumps and see how "stock" they really are. Lots of R&D work has been done on them already just to get them to the level they are at currently. Ultimately I think it's why so many open wheel drivers struggle in stock cars, you really can't trust what your hands are feeling most of the time. Which in a good open wheel or prototype car is not the case.