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| I am looking at putting a rack and pinion in my 56 coronet does anybody know which application will fit under the car
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Location: Slidell La. | I was flipping thru either Jegs or Summit the other day , they do sell universal mounting brackets/clamps to mount a rack and pinion to a frame, its a starting point at least . |
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Before you worry about what will fit compare the total travel in the rack to the travel in the existing steering. Most racks have much less total travel than the older steering boxes, this will make the turning radius much smaller unless the steering arms are shortened. Also, take into consideration bump steer when selecting a rack.
IOW, it's not about what will "fit" but what will fit and "work". |
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Location: Tampa, Florida | Check with Fat Man Fabrications or Butch's Rod Shop. I have a set up from Butch's that may have been made by Fat Man's for a 1950 Plymouth.
It uses the kind of rack that mounted on the firewall of mid eighties GM cars. The kit came with the rack and tie rod ends to adapt it to the plymouth steering. |
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The GM firewall-mount racks are from Chevy Cavaliers and their bretheren, about six inches total travel and the center-mount tie rods help prevent bump steer.
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ | Has anyone tried this kind of set-up yet? I am very interested if it would work on our '56 Dodge. I wonder if it would get in the way of headers?
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Location: Netherlands | I've got such a system on my pathetic dailydriver, an '88 Opel Kadett... -> insert shame-smiley here <-
The Non-powersteering model that is.
I had an '86 model before it and saved the steering-linkage from it. Might come in handy oneday I thought.
Normally these things are mounted fairly high in the car as the steering-'knuckle' is high on the McPherson-suspension.
I think the most 'ideal' mounting location for an older car would to be the rear-part of the front crossmember, putting it smack dab in the same location of the oilpan. |
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Location: Big pimpin' | There's always the old standby.....Mustang II and be done with it and all the header clearance you could ever want, disc brakes, and power steering..... |
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Here's a pic of a Cavalier power rack I recently installed in my '50 Olds, the oil pan sump pretty much determines the rack position in a rear-mounted rack.
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ | I don't have the motor in the car yet, but that front sump oil pan may prove to be the killer. Nice set-up on that Olds man! Jay
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