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Old Oct 22, 2003 | 10:28 PM
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4th gen rack and pinion swap?

Would it be possible to take the rack and pinion setup fron a 95 maro and put it in a 3 gen? would parts would i need and what would i need to modify?
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Old Oct 23, 2003 | 05:29 AM
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yes, new k member , at least that's the easy way. i'd guess if you were really good and motivated you could do it with a stock k member
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Old Oct 23, 2003 | 07:50 AM
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by new k member do you mean one from a 4th gen or do they make aftermarket tubular ones 4 the swap, and what benefits if any would i se byy doing this
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Old Oct 23, 2003 | 07:57 AM
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Old Nov 28, 2003 | 03:24 PM
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i thought some f-body cars came with rack and pinion???

the ones that didnt have FE41 package 89-up.
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Old Nov 28, 2003 | 05:50 PM
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Spohn is going to be making a tubular crossmember kit that allows you to use one. He plans on having them ready the first part of next year. I bought a rack from another member that mounted it off his stock crossmember by brackets he welded on. He also had the rack narrowed to fit the 3rd gens narrower track. He said that the factory crossmember didn't allow the best placement for the rack. And due to the shorter distance between the outer tie-rod mount and the lower balljoint axis of the 4th gen vs the 3rd gen, it made his steering where the turns from center to locked on each side were different. PA racing said that this is corrected by a bumpsteer kit. I don't believe that. I think that the key to correcting this will be making a bracket that will bolt to your spindle moving the attachment point of the tie rod to the distance of the 4th gen in relation to the ball joint.
I bought the stuff off the guy and I plan on fooling with it, but that's way down the line. I'll at least wait for Spohns crossmember kit before fiddling with it.
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