I was wondering if there existed a power rack & pinion setup that offered the smoothness of R&P but maintain the IROC style turning radius? I've never really found any that seems to do this... I know there's tons of manual R&P but that's usually for drag racing..

I'm aiming for a street car that's made to handle amazingly, but that is somewhat smooth and as comfortable as possible..

Anyone know if this exists?
Thanks!

 

No kit exists. You have to make it. I'm running a ford style rack with the racecraft short steering arm spindles. Most of the k-members you will find are for the old pinto manual rack setup. I had to make my own mounting points on the k-member in order to fit my rack.

 

Oh well... I guess I'll just stick with a Lee Performance 670 steering box then! Thanks man,
-Marc

 

hi red your post and would like to know what kind of ford rack did you get i my hands on one the other day and would like to know if i could make it work and did you have to go with the race craft spindles could you use the stock one at all and one last thing would you happon to have any pics of what you have done thanks

 

I would also like to know.

 

You should be able to make any of the ford racks work. I'm using a 97 thunderbird rack. I believe it has the most travel. But you HAVE to use the Racecraft spindles...that way you keep your turning radius stock. You will just have to fabricate mounts and a steering shaft.

 

Take a look here. It's a power rack

http://www.camarotech.com/steering.html

Here is a list of dealers for Appleton products.
http://www.appletonrackandpinion.com/4619.html

 

i have seen that one before and did some research on the appleton racks and all the people i heard from said the racks was junk and looked in to the kmember to its a old design and dont make it any more thanks any man

 

thanks man