I saw something today. silverado with quadrasteer? I need help.

[Yaj Yak]

what the fuck.

okay. so.
didnt get a pic cuz it was dark and 75 mph. but i was driving down 41 next to a silverado.

this body style.

1500, red.

gas.


but the ass end was wider.

not quite dually wide. but wider...


possibly this for a bed...





but was not a quadrasteer truck- as those were only gmc's (right?)

so basically did chevy make a silverado with quadrasteer? i have never seen one before... and see a verylittle bit about them online... but the truck still looked a lil different in the rear even still...

Click to read more...

 

[10sec]

On topic but not answering your question, but what ever happened to that? Was it a bust or what? It was the "coolest" thing ever and i haven't heard anything about it since they first came out. Boom, dead.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i think it just floppped?

 

[10sec]

Interesting

 

[Intel]

I found a link about the silverados with quadrasteer.

http://tinyurl.com/6ehczzj

 

[xringshooter7]

Yeah, You could get Silverado's with quadrasteer. I had one this summer as a company truck for my internship. I believe it was a 2003, but i may be wrong. I also know that they didn't make many of them.

 

[Bru]

http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/stories/qs420/page1.html

 

[Yaj Yak]

thats a good link thanks bru

 

[Bru]

No problem. Those guys are the shit for pickups.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

So it was from 03-05 right? There's a nice looking silverado on cars.com for like $14k. I think it's in Ohio. Seems pretty awesome

 

[Yaj Yak]

i never looked into the quadrasteer stuff, but apparently cost killed it as an option as it was 5600$ at first.... in its final year- only 2k....

but does seem pretty badass- cuts turning radius to 37 feetish... and you also get a heavy duty rear end in a 1500 this way- with a 9 3/4" ring gear, and dana 60 axles... petty fucking cool. quadrasteer trucks also apparently had increased towing capacity due to all of this.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

That's awesome. So basically it's a Dana 60 front axle in the rear? Is it hydraulic steer?

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[Yaj Yak]

from that pic it looks like it is electronically controlled

 

[PANDA]

damn 4 wheel steering, thats pimp.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I could only imagine the cost into coming up with that setup. With a $5k charge for it I can see why it died. Plus it's not like you could add it on to a truck on the lot. Probably special order only due to the different sheet metal.

 

[Frank Dukes]

always liked those sierra denali quadrasteers. dont think id ever buy one... too much electronics and bullshit. ive got enough to break on my truck as it is.

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[EmersonHart13]

Quadrasteer is cool. the commercials were bad ass. Showing them backing a trailer into a super tight spot. Also makes for more stable lane changes at hwy speeds because the back end wheels turned with the front end so the truck would basically go sideways into the next lane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blXcSBlVPYQ

Road Test:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnT1REHS7j4

Delphi Intro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3SJeoEwng

This one shows a Ford with Quadrasteer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9g8oqE7Ghc

 

[THEHKP7M13]

I flopped because it was too much money.

 

[Intel]

I will say that have the rear steer is really nice even on my 300zx. Made lane changes a lot smoother as mine was only active at higher speeds. Only issue that I had on why I disabled it was that if you correct for oversteer like most any other rwd car you are usually overcorrecting. Plus sometimes it just feels a little odd when you are trying to take a corner at some decent speed. Also limits the width/size of tires you can fit in the rear.

 

[CrunkMaro]

I will say that have the rear steer is really nice even on my 300zx. Made lane changes a lot smoother as mine was only active at higher speeds. Only issue that I had on why I disabled it was that if you correct for oversteer like most any other rwd car you are usually overcorrecting. Plus sometimes it just feels a little odd when you are trying to take a corner at some decent speed. Also limits the width/size of tires you can fit in the rear.

i didnt know 300zxs had rear steer...thats fuckin awesome.

 

[BillyBru]

at high speeds the tires turned the same way. after watching the motorweek video this thing is pretty impressive

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

I flopped because it was too much money.

that and the durability was lacking, the belville springs couldnt keep the wheels straight in certain failures.

yet another case of extra gadgetry and gizmo's that while cool and helpfull are annoying and increase the cost of ownership/repairs

how do i know? i remember one truck owned by an operating engineer, a cinderblock buried in the mud of a jobsite destroyed the rack....it was cheeper to get him a standard rear axle from the junkyard then it was to buy the new rack...we rigged it, loaded it up on a towtruck, dropped it off at the lot next to grossinger, where he promptly drove it over and traded it in for a 3500

 

[Intel]

i didnt know 300zxs had rear steer...thats fuckin awesome.

240sx's had HICAS also. I believe 3000gt's had it also. They seemed to throw just about everything at the cars in the early 90. Most of these weren't benificial like the quadrasteer at low speeds. Mostly just made highway stuff easier.

The early hicas was hydraulic with a much bigger powersteering pump. The later hicas models just had an electric setup in the rear which seemed like a better method.