whoafrdofdapolce

hey im planing on doing a rack and pinion convershion and have looked into it and people say use a gm "j car" or a ford taurus. obvisly i would rather use a ford rack so douse anyone have any advice on what year i need? or has anyone done this convershion and has any advice at all??

Scott H.

Yeah,

Ford Taurus, and J car doesn't have enough rack movement.
I've got a modified J car rack in my car. It's a kit produced by Randall's Rack. Great guy, quality piece, decent price. Without finding the perfect rack and building the whole thing yourself, (IMO) this is about as good as it gets.

I do think there is a rack & pinion out there, I just haven't made time to go find it. But as popular as this swap is becoming I may make the time. Because someone is going to make some good money with the right rack packaged correctly.

Good luck,

grocery getter

I haven't heard of anyone going to a junkyard and finding a rack that just bolts up to a 60's mustang.

as far as i know you need a custom cradle to bolt it to .

I have a total control products on mine. it's integral to it's mounting bar.

someday, i'll have it on the road and i can give some feedback on how it does

stangrr66

Go get a pinto or a late 70s mustang rack and pinion from a mustang II, i herad theyre very good and easily modify-able. or you can look up Chris Altons Chassis Works, they have alot of suspension set ups and i actually use thier rearend 4 link system, theyre very nice people and they helped me through alot. heres the site http://www.cachassisworks.com/Home.html

coop67

I have a Tarus rack and Pinion on my '67 and I love it. It has a good feel. It's power but not "floaty" like a Cadillac. They guy who did the work made a fabricated bracket to make it work. Not sure what year the part is however.

see a photo here (bottom of the page)

Matt

Shifty101Easy

someone should be making the brackets for the taurus swap.......way to make some money there....

whoafrdofdapolce

hey could you try to find out what year Tarus the rack was off? i think your sopousta use the late 80s racks but dont want to do the project with the rong rack. if i had alot of money id buy the setup but i dont plus i like to fabracate. il make it a school prodject haha.

whoafrdofdapolce

o and could you send some more picturs of the rack form difrent angles haha that would help alot thanks!!!

coop67

It's a 1988 Tarus. You can use and Explorer rack and pinion, too.

M

whoafrdofdapolce

o sweet explorer of the same year? and yea if you ever get a chance to get some pictures of the setup of the rack maby from the frount that would be awosem. and thanks for your help!