Choice of steering ratio is more of a preference of the driver and how you’re going to drive your car. Boxes with 12.7:1 ratio are great for a car that’s going to see a lot of autocross time and some road course time. It’s a little much if you’re going to spend lots of time on the street and especially the freeway with a vehicle like the first gen Camaro with more bump steer that will require more steering input with the tighter 12.7:1 ratio. The typical first gen Camaro box (16:1) requires a lot of steering input in order to maneuver the car. A happy medium is a 14:1 steering box. It’s not so low that your car will over-react to steering input on the freeway and you’ll get ample control of the steering when you want to have fun at an autocross. That’s why we offer a performance 14:1 steering box on
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