Steering question
 

What are the stipulations on steering dampers, specifically on a 3rd gen Camaro? Stock and/or super stock. Getting some nasty tire shimmy on the landing.

Re: Steering question
 

Ed Quay has a nice kit for that car. Typically if you have shimmy something is loose. I had the same issue on my gen 1 Camaro. Turned out the top bolts on the steering box were loose. Check to make sure everything in the steering system is tight and no slop

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Thanks Mike, I saw that damper but is it legal in stock/super stock? I'm pretty vigilant on checking the car over between runs, keeps my mind busy.

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Almost all 3rd gen camaros run that ed quay piece, actually an early VW absorber...its legal and very important if you don't want to shake the fillings out of your teeth....

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Thats the million dollar answer I was looking for, thanks!!

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Just about every S or SS 3rd gen has one, the others will have one if they wheelstand. As stated there is a problem on those cars cracking the frame behind the steering box and the frame rails flexing. There is actually a factory piece and it's sold aftermarket also that ties the L and R rails with a bar between the sway bar mounts to stop flex.

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Wonder what makes the 3rd gen cars shimmy at landing without one? My 4th gen never has. This is the first I've heard of this. Interesting.

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Up until this past weekend I never really made enough power to even bring the front wheels off the ground. So it definitely surprised me when the steering wheel went nuts for a quick second. Probably going to go with the Quay damper and see how that works. I think it has to be welded on.

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2 small brackets need to be welded......

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Check your steering completely!
Had violent steering wheel shake out of the blue one weekend at Atco a few years ago.
After it left and picked the wheels up steering wheel started shaking and got worse until I stopped the car on the track. Went back to the pits checked what I could tried again same thing.
Tie rod ends and steering box were tight did the standard check on the ball joints for vertical movement but on further inspection there was ball joint movement front to rear.
Replaced the ball joints and added the damper from Pete Z for safety in the future. Pete mentioned tightening the large nut on the bottom of the idler arm if OEM will act like a damper.