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How's the turning radius with the rack and pinion? That's the only downside I've heard but it should be an easy fix? I'd run a tubular K only if anyone offered it. Cleaner looking, pan clearance and has to be lighter and better welds.

Thank you for explaining the upper shock mounts.

DoctorDiff Drivetrain Components Is your friend for brake conversion parts. And short Anwser, t-bars and rack and pinion don’t work together. There’s been a few K frames posted for sale this past week or so. Many a car race with the stock style front suspension.

I bought the pump to use on the stock suspension. I have since going to rack and pinion. Hence I have a brand new rebuilt pump that I am trying to get rid of

...and it did not suffer from a lack of bottom end torque with that 4.09" stroke! What I liked about the car was i) its excellent power rack and pinion steering; ii) its beam axle rear suspension (which had a panhard rod for lateral axle location); iii) its decent damping and ride... no doubt...

You gotta be kidding me...you could feel those firewall to fender braces in the 74 and up cars in the steering wheel? does NASA know about you? BTW....Do you know why those (hint: mandated) braces were in there?

...QA1 parts, but their front end kit is almost 4k (without brakes). Did some research and found out about the first gen Dakotas. IFS, rack and pinion steering, and disc brakes that clear 15s! And like most dodges, it shares most of its parts with other Mopars, like the brake rotors I need to...

Installed the new rack and pinion.. simple bolt in. Got the passenger side spindle on. Still have to install the drivers side spindle brake caliper, and hook up the steering column which is going to need to be short ened a bit.

Don't forget to notch the basepan for the RMS Rack and pinion while the engine is out LOL !!

...power again. A more detailed break down is here Anybody running the RMS AlterKation? Was it really worth the cost? 3) Gets you a rack and pinion. Can't argue that much, if you really want a rack and pinion that's the best way to do it. I personally don't understand the need, I think a lot...

Yes, it’s tight, the Aus driveline retained the same offset as the US cars so there’s not much room with a steering box in the way as well. Mines running a rack and pinion but still tight regardless, the guy who fabbed my pipes and system did a great job!

My suspension is custom, the front started with a Heidts universal coil spring/a-arm system with rack and pinion steering from Speedway, installed a set of 5/8" shorter control arms, fabricated a set of mounts and tossed the coil springs for QA1 adjustable coil over shocks. The rear is a...

...a 69 custom I am about to start the same swap. Have been researching the steering side of the swap. I see you kept the factory box location. How tight is that? Have been toying with the idea of rack and pinion steering to give me more room for exhaust along with modifying current slanty k frame.

I agree. Had a issue with my 72' Dodge Van with a 70' 340 installed. I installed TA 50's on the front and larger TA 50's on the rear. After a while the steering felt loose. I crawled under the van and had someone move the steering wheel left and right and noticed that there was no play on any...

So your rack and pinion has an M14-2.0 threaded shaft and you need a female outer tie rod end to go from that to the stock steering arm on the lower ball joint? Like this? Just a thought, but the steering arm doesn’t care about the UNF thread. It just needs a 7° taper and somewhat close start...

I will take a look, I ran into this issue after installing Gerst front suspension. The pan was trying to rest on the rack and pinion. I had to do 2 things, get offset washers for the rack and pinion mounts and after loosening the the 6 engine mount bolts, lift engine and retighten bolts...

On behalf of the thread starter and myself, thank you very much! A truck pan would be great for oil pump modification for drag racing.

...I don’t know about on the right hand drive, but the steering linkage angles to hook that up on a left hand steer are pretty steep. Rack and pinion offers ZERO performance improvement over a worm and ball. None. All you eliminate is the small, on center dead spot. But that should be small...

...case regarding the steering when new. The steering on these cars was not poor when new. Different than what you get with a modern rack and pinion arrangement? Absolutely. But they went straight down the road and could be easily steered and controlled. You can argue that the overboosted...

Probably. Landy's car clearly has a rack and pinion, so no tellin "what else". lol

did the backs fit in without having to do any work in the wheel well?

...and upper control arms. Everything is still quite loose until I'm certain everything is correct.... Then, went to mount the rack and pinion unit and it seems like the bolt holes don't line up....probably something I'm not seeing but it doesn't matter because right then, laying on my back...

Thanks Garrett!

‘91 & up dodge truck, Dakota, maybe Durango, but not sure about the rack and pinion. They had a Borgeson type joint that drilled through the solid double D shaft. I’ve got a 2000 Durango parts pile. I’ll check it out today to see if I can assist.

totally different types of cars. Two different buyers. The black one is completely modified “pro-touring” a/c, complete coil-over suspension, rack and pinion, custom interior, mini tubbed, Dana, 4-wheel disks… etc etc The GSS is restored to factory original.

I was looking at current QA1suspension on their website and I was just wondering if this is new parts or pieced together odds and ends. Is it front mounted rack & pinion or factory style steering? I have seen a picture of what looked like a modified factory lower control arm with a QA1 sticker...

Thanks man looks like the prices went even further up than I was expecting. I'll look into sourcing the parts myself as well so this is a great start.

...gear is Ricks choice for differential. Works out well since I am a Strange dealer. Up front HDK will supply the standard HDK power rack and pinion / coil over install / anti sway bar / Gen III engine mounts package along with a semi-removable / bolt in enlarged tunnel for the OEM 8HP80...

...what is "used" out there. Just my guess /assumption. 72 bluNblu is correct.....but the point (from the customers / builders) of all rack and pinion / coil over conversions are. 1) room not only for headers clearance but larger engine applications 2) weight savings 3)...

2 things- I agree “toe” has nothing to do with camber because you have a rack and pinion steering. Camber and caster are the first adjustments on a proper alignment. so if you have damage- you need to fix that first or you will never get the car dialed in. After that is set …. Then you set toe.