Rack and Pinion: Should I start over?

I find it hard to believe there are still people that want to go through the work required to narrow a wide rack when you can use the center steer rack like the Intrepid for a front steer or a Cavalier rear steer rack and make a center link to match up to the oem tie rods for the suspension system you are using.

What you guys are missing is that the inner tie rod connecting points on the Intrepid rack and the Cavalier rack are at the center of the rack, not coming out the ends like a Mustang II and 98% of the other racks that are available. That center connecting point allows you to make the steering as narrow as is required to function on your car simply by making a center connection the bolts to the rack, and your tie rods bolt to it. Effectively you can create a rack with the same bump steer as your original car had, or improve it over what was originally built into your car.

This is a Cavalier rack (rear steer). Notice there is a bracket in the center where the tie rods connect. Nothing connects at the ends of the rack.

This one is not a Cavalier rack, there is no connecting point at the center of the rack. On this rack, the tie rods have to connect at the rubber boots at each end of the rack. It will be difficult to get the bump steer correct with this rack on a narrow car because the tie rod angles start at the ends of the rack. A car that has long lower control arms, like a lot of older cars have, will have major bump steer with this rack. Gene