Rack and pinion steering.
Many years ago i had a pinto rack narrowed by seven inch (!) to try and put it in with drum brakes on a 65 dart. Fast forward to 1996 and a new chassis build, and i put that same rack in with modified lower ball joints. Ackerman angle was zero, meaning the front end stays parallel from straight to a max turn angle. This supposed wrong setup had serious impact on car handling at speed . If you get sideways, the front end does not "push", trying to flip you around, because the front tires are always parallel . Three times i have gotten seriously sideways at speeds of 125, 135, and 153 mph! A quick snap of the steering wheel and my dart comes back to straight like it is on rails .
Tire scrub wear has been minimal, but pushing the car around a corner is tough. But after those three wild rides, I will live with the inconvieniance! Picture of my front suspension, using upper and lower stock control arms, etc. stable at 160 mph!
Many years ago i had a pinto rack narrowed by seven inch (!) to try and put it in with drum brakes on a 65 dart. Fast forward to 1996 and a new chassis build, and i put that same rack in with modified lower ball joints. Ackerman angle was zero, meaning the front end stays parallel from straight to a max turn angle. This supposed wrong setup had serious impact on car handling at speed . If you get sideways, the front end does not "push", trying to flip you around, because the front tires are always parallel . Three times i have gotten seriously sideways at speeds of 125, 135, and 153 mph! A quick snap of the steering wheel and my dart comes back to straight like it is on rails .
Tire scrub wear has been minimal, but pushing the car around a corner is tough. But after those three wild rides, I will live with the inconvieniance! Picture of my front suspension, using upper and lower stock control arms, etc. stable at 160 mph!