Rack and Pinion on S10 clip??

That looks good , what was involved with shortening it??

 

Bringing this thread back up to ask about how you went about doing the mustang rack in detail.

I want to chop my frame members as close to the a arms as possible on a 2000 s-10 chassis. While the stock steering has more then proven itself and not required me to change it in my last 13 s-10's(yea I like them). Chopping the frame means deleting the steering box's current location. I have looked at unisteer and while the price is higher if it is needed I will use it. The only issue is that they use the same mounts as the s-10 box.

Now, I don't see why I could not fabricate a custom bracket to move the bracket more towards the rear. But I would make this beefy out of precaution to keep the rack from moving and am sure I would add more weight then your current setup.


Your setup seems like the ticket to smash that rack as far back as possible.

How does it handle and such?
What did you do to the rack?
Any issues that you would fix or change?

My only real exception from a stock setup is that I am using 2" lowering springs in front and 2" lowering spindles which will flatten the steering linkage more and might require me to cut and retread the arms or something. Doing that will of course kill my turning radius. I am going MR engine making the front lighter which will affect how the front squats and affect the linkage angles. It may or may not make to much difference as far as actual drop. The setup is not currently HAMB friendly due to the year. But, I am building this with the intent of "dropping" a HAMB related shell over the rolling chassis after I have everything dialed in with a few time slips.

There is a kit from TRZ that I have linked below. There kit is cheaper and although it requires welding chrome molly it seems like it would give a similar setup to yours. Although I would still like to see how you went about doing yours before calling them up.


I want this thing light as possible trying to stay under 1800. But, I always favor safety over lightweight. I am perfectly fine having to do a 3 point turn if it means the rack arms are not welded and such. I trust my welds, I still would actually have a shop weld these if I go that route. But, I really hate the idea of welding the steering linkage.

Here is the link to the TRZ rack and pinion.
http://www.trzmotorsports.com/s10.html#steering

 

Kustoms36 what tie rod ends are you using on this set up?

 

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