Tod74
03-05-2008, 04:26 AM
I have a 70 Nova bracket car and was thinking of going to a rack and pinion steering. I know there are a couple kits out there that are a bolt in but in my opinion not worth the money...not saying they are bad kits ...what I mean is I would like to change to a rack but not bad enough to fork over 600 bucks just for the rack and steering arms. I only want to do it for the weight savings mainly. I feel I have good fabrication skills and it doesn't seem like it would be very hard to do it yourself with a junkyard or parts store rack and pinion...what I don't know anything about is how to know you have the correct geometry and things of that nature..If I were to try and do this what rack would I want to get and what are the critical aspects of mounting it in the car? Does anyone know where I might find some information on this? I have googled and mostly what I get is articles dealing with a unisteer or flaming river bolt in type kit. I found talk of mounting a chevette rack on a Nova but it was an old link and the info had been removed.
What is the difference in the mustang II rack and the Pinto? Those seem to be the two main ones used...also My car is a rear steer but looks like if a guy found the right steering arms converting to a front steer would be the way to go.
Any of you guys ever install a rack and pinion on your car without just buying a bolt in kit?
Just something I've been thinking about. I just got a Wilwood brake kit and some new control arms so I figured it would be a good time to do the rack if I were going to do it at all.
What is the difference in the mustang II rack and the Pinto? Those seem to be the two main ones used...also My car is a rear steer but looks like if a guy found the right steering arms converting to a front steer would be the way to go.
Any of you guys ever install a rack and pinion on your car without just buying a bolt in kit?
Just something I've been thinking about. I just got a Wilwood brake kit and some new control arms so I figured it would be a good time to do the rack if I were going to do it at all.