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Originally Posted by 302Z
Sir, the way I understand it, is that N44 manual steering came with short steering arms, long pitman arm, and a quicker ratio manual steering box. I've seen posted that maybe only about 1,500 production cars ordered. I may be wrong, but others have posted it does exist. Any leads or additional information appreciated! Thanks... Bob
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Only 2,161 Camaros were built with optional N44 special steering equipment. What N44 means is an overall steering ratio faster than standard equipment for the application, not a specific ratio.
The standard Z/28 manual steering ratio was 24.8:1 [gear] 21.4:1 [overall]. 3.5 turns L-L. Standard production steering gear, 5.75” pitman arm, short steering arms.
N44 ordered on a manual steering Z/28: 20:1 [gear] 17.9:1 [overall]. 2.9 turns L-L. Optional steering gear, 5.75” pitman arm, short steering arms.
The January 1970 Car Life had an excellent tech article about the 1969 Penske T/A Camaros. There was a comment about steering:
"The optional quick 17:1 steering [RPO N44] is used, and with the big tires it is horrendously stiff."
Fairly certain one of the Z/28s I owned back in the day was one of the 365 or so built with N44. Very unpleasant to drive, near impossible to park.