[Tom Wells]

taipan53,

Aaaahhh, now I see.

I have the 15:1 power rack in my Cobra. The guy who did the final assembly drove it and used exactly the same word (15 years ago!); twitchy!

He was used to the 20:1 non-power steering so it was a kind of "step change" for him. He liked to "wind" the wheel to get the car to change direction.

After driving mine 35K+ miles, it is enjoyable to me - I do some track time, so it suits my style to think about a corner and have the car follow my thoughts exactly with a slight turn of the wheel. Agreed, it would be problematic to have unsought lane changes - so attention must be paid. I didn't agree to the twitchy behavior - just need to have calm hands and the car is stable as it can be.

So it suits my driving style to a tee, but maybe not yours. As my wife's grandmother used to say "Thank goodness everybody has different tastes, otherwise they'd all be after my old man."

Set it up to suit yourself; don't let anyone else's opinion override your preferences!

Tom

PS: Another factor in "suddenness" of direction change is alignment. If it's off, it can make the turning behavior squirrely. Have you checked your car to be sure?