Feeler Thread Tubular K Members for Stock suspensions.

Chris said
Careful putting the rack on the front. I don't think you can push the tie rod ends out far enough to get back the lost ackerman (tire/wheel will get in the way). Ackerman is somewhat important if you want to turn. In a straight line its probably OK. I would love to see you succeed, but steering/suspension geometry shouldn't take a back seat to fitment.

Most (cant say all, I am sure there is something out there with it) front steer cars have no Ackerman angle and some factory rack cars have - Ackerman. Just ask a Chevelle owner (I happen to own one). I did front end alignment and frame repair for many years. The only draw back to lack of Ackerman angle is that your turning radius gets bigger. On paper Ackerman angle is very important, in real life its not so much.

inkjunkie said
I think it is kind of comical people are saying that the oem k-frame is heavy. To replace the thing to save a few pounds will be an expensive proposition, unless you are building an all out race car. I read somewhere that the total weight savings between an oem, non power steering car and an alter k is only 50-60 pounds. For the price of it, I would just as soon skip a few Big Macs. No doubt the car will steer better with a rack in it, but again, for a car that will get driven 5 miles to the local burger joint and back will you notice?

The Oem K frame with a manual box and linkage is over 100 pounds. I just weighed mine and my Chromoly K-frame is 6 pounds. Granted my goal is a drag race piece that will see easy street miles. If I was a corner carver like Joe I would go with the RMS kit. 50-60 pounds is a conservative estimate and I can tell you from experience that 50 pounds off the nose of your car is tremendous! For me its worth the effort. All in all everyone has their ideas of what is cool and what is streetable and what is acceptable. So I dont think that this K-frame is not for all and if your a drag racer weight is very important. Dont knock us for go to extremes to make our cars as fast as possible. By the way, my definition of a street car is one that has license plates, PERIOD. Lol!