Lightening Tricks For 68 HDT Dart

inkjunkie said

I do not know if I would be drilling holes in the factory frame rails/steering linkage. Losing weight is a great idea, but if the cars primary purpose is a street car I would draw the line at structural/steering. I could only imagine the lawsuit you would be facing if a "lightened" center link were to snap and you hit somebody.....

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That was kinda my point. Sure back in the day when '65 Bel II's were new and plentiful and you could get away with some risky stuff to win a race and get big factory money, it made some sort of sense. Only on the track. But why do something like that now when there is nothing to gain and a lot to lose? Instead of drilling a centerlink, why not change over to rack and pinion? You would lose not only that pesky centerlink weight, but the heavy *** stearing box and tie rod assemblies.