Rack and pinion reversing?
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Laughing Gas
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From: sacramento
Rack and pinion reversing?
Silly question probably is there an easy integral way to reverse the direction of the rack?
I am toying with installing a R&P instead of the volare box My engine donor car has the rack in front of the wheels where the volare clip has the tie rod behind the wheels. Any ford product with the R&P behind the wheels? Hopeing for an easy swap that I can use the stock hoses.
I am toying with installing a R&P instead of the volare box My engine donor car has the rack in front of the wheels where the volare clip has the tie rod behind the wheels. Any ford product with the R&P behind the wheels? Hopeing for an easy swap that I can use the stock hoses.
Lead Driver
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From: Littleton, New Hampshire
Originally Posted by Gary E
Silly question probably is there an easy integral way to reverse the direction of the rack?
I am toying with installing a R&P instead of the volare box My engine donor car has the rack in front of the wheels where the volare clip has the tie rod behind the wheels. Any ford product with the R&P behind the wheels? Hopeing for an easy swap that I can use the stock hoses.
I am toying with installing a R&P instead of the volare box My engine donor car has the rack in front of the wheels where the volare clip has the tie rod behind the wheels. Any ford product with the R&P behind the wheels? Hopeing for an easy swap that I can use the stock hoses.
Fleet Mechanic
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From: okla
There is a kit avaiable to do this from a company called Weedeter. Not cheap though. Several years ago there was an article in Hot Rod Machanix magazine on installing a rack on a Volare, seems like they used one off a front wheel drive Chrysler product.
Laughing Gas
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From: peyton, colorado
Gary, I've seen several references to using a chevy lumina van rack on different front ends. Don't have any first hand knowledge, but it may give you a direction to look. Let us know what you find out. Several members of this forum have said a short coming of the volare is the steering box, perhaps you will find the solution for us.
