Nominal Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 14 minutes ago, BiTurbo228 said: From there it's a case of bending a set of steering arms to sort ackerman and bump steer (hopefully you can use manual rack ones as they're shorter which might help ackerman). I dunno if you can do that legally / cert wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I think he's in a different country so might not matter But yeah if that was in nz there would be many problems. Regardless of country though, putting a front steer rack behind the crossmember will make the steering go the wrong way 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiTurbo228 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 9 hours ago, cletus said: I think he's in a different country so might not matter But yeah if that was in nz there would be many problems. Regardless of country though, putting a front steer rack behind the crossmember will make the steering go the wrong way Haha had not considered that! Makes the decision of what to do easier (don't do the thing that will make it turn the wrong way!). Could possibly get a LHD rack and flip it upside-down, but LHD T2000s aren't exactly common! Yeah I'm in the UK where our testers probably wouldn't be fussed so long as they don't look completely sketchy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 might be a better option to find a later model car to rob the entire crossmember out of. I see alot of people use S chassis stuff and can utilise running coilovers and powersteering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 21 hours ago, cletus said: putting a front steer rack behind the crossmember will make the steering go the wrong way That’s what LHD racks are for…. Suspect there are other unintended consequences lurking though - there always are! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I'm fairly sure the unintended consequences would be in the bump steer once you add castor. When you swap the uprights from one side to the other and then rotate them backwards to get castor, the steering arm having moved from the front to the back will now be lower relative to the rack than what it used to be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 As an aside, the steering rack in my mums Tickford "factory" RHD mustang was originally designed for a LHD fiesta (from memory). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin'joe Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 3 hours ago, anglia4 said: As an aside, the steering rack in my mums Tickford "factory" RHD mustang was originally designed for a LHD fiesta (from memory). i guy i know used 'euro' LHD MK2 Escort rack to R+P his Datto 120Y. engine required front-mount rack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 18 hours ago, smokin'joe said: i guy i know used 'euro' LHD MK2 Escort rack to R+P his Datto 120Y. engine required front-mount rack I have also considered this as palmside do the lhd racks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin'joe Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 11 hours ago, shizzl said: I have also considered this as palmside do the lhd racks. yes, they supplied mentioned unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiTurbo228 Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 On 10/08/2022 at 23:50, anglia4 said: I'm fairly sure the unintended consequences would be in the bump steer once you add castor. When you swap the uprights from one side to the other and then rotate them backwards to get castor, the steering arm having moved from the front to the back will now be lower relative to the rack than what it used to be. Interesting... lower relative to the rack is exactly what I want it to be! Have dropped it by 2.5" with the front-steer rack so I can fit the tie rod ends upside-down on the original steering arms, but I've got about an inch of space between the rack and the sump in that setup. Would be nice to tuck it up a bit more out of the way as it'll be the lowest point of the car. If the LHD-flipped-rear-steer setup means the suspension arm is, say, 1.75-2" lower then I could pop the balljoint in the original location and job's a goodun (aside from ackerman). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Check out Dolomite racks. They live behind the axle line and I think many parts are interchangeable with the other Triumph racks. Mind you, with that fat Jag lump of the front wheels PAS might be nice…. Nick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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