71 Dodge Dart Swinger in England
I saw your post on slow driving restoration about the steering feel. If yours has power steering, this is probably the main issue with not feeling connected from front wheels to the steering wheel. The problem with the power steering on these cars is the steering chucks are waaay over assisted. The pumps provide too much pressure. If your car has a saginaw pump "ham can style casing" its an easy fix. Theres a thread here on fabo where people add washers to the pumps internal pressure valve to drop the pump pressure down. From 1,100 psi to about 800-850 psi. This still gives enough low speed power assist for parking, but tightens up the feel conciderably. I think the thread is titled "pump it down easy" speedway motors also offers a saginaw valve assembly thats already rated at the lower pressure so you dont have to mess with shimming washers, just R&R the valve. Of course check everything under there for security and looseness as well.
I saw your post on slow driving restoration about the steering feel. If yours has power steering, this is probably the main issue with not feeling connected from front wheels to the steering wheel. The problem with the power steering on these cars is the steering chucks are waaay over assisted. The pumps provide too much pressure. If your car has a saginaw pump "ham can style casing" its an easy fix. Theres a thread here on fabo where people add washers to the pumps internal pressure valve to drop the pump pressure down. From 1,100 psi to about 800-850 psi. This still gives enough low speed power assist for parking, but tightens up the feel conciderably. I think the thread is titled "pump it down easy" speedway motors also offers a saginaw valve assembly thats already rated at the lower pressure so you dont have to mess with shimming washers, just R&R the valve. Of course check everything under there for security and looseness as well.