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    Cheap Rack-in-pinion conversion

    The side to side forces on the rack are taken solely by the driver side bracket. The passenger side bracket only holds that end of the rack to prevent fore-aft and vertical movement. The bracket you see is not totally done and will have a gusset, but that is all. It is made of 3/16 bar so it...
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    Procar Rally and Belts

    As far as the GM seats that you mentioned that have the harness in the seat, those seats are engineered to NOT fold in a collision. Most seats will fold in a hard enough collision. That said, IMO it would be better having a belt in the seat than not at all, but you would be better off with a 3...
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    Cheap Rack-in-pinion conversion

    Oh. Forgot to mention that once I have a chance to check header clearance I plan to post a more detailed set of instructions on how I did everything including drawings of the brackets I built. I will be initially checking with the long tube unknown brand headers that came on the car when I...
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    Cheap Rack-in-pinion conversion

    $1700 for a Randall's rack that uses the stock pump and steering column might be "very inexpensive" to you, but at least to me that's a lot of money. The Randall's setup does look like a decent product, but too high priced for me since I have some fabrication skills. Also to consider is...
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    steeroids / J-car Rack and pinion = Sloppy steering

    Power rack I assume. If so, the alignment specs that Steeroids recommends for a street car are: Camber: 0 to -1/2 degree Caster: 3 to 4 degree Toe: 1/16" to 1/8" toe-in I agree though with the previous post that camber could go up to -1 degree, and I would set the toe at 1/8". Your...
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    Cheap Rack-in-pinion conversion

    I've got my homebrew rack and pinion just about sorted out. I used a rack off of a 1992 Chevy Cavalier. Total cost so far $233.93. Projected total cost about $360. From the beginning of my 1970 Fastback project I knew that I didn't want to deal with the factory power steering system with...
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    Torque Boxes

    Get some free catalogs. Many of the catalogs have simple diagrams showing where each part goes on the underbody.
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    Motor oil smells like gas

    You could have a bad mechanical fuel pump too.
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