your thoughts on my front steering idea...
ok, heres my dillema...I am using a 3.2L SHO v6 in my 66....the issue I am having is the stock steering will get in the way of the oil pan...and so will aftermarket racks like the tcp rack....the only viable option is the mustang II front end...but, the problem with that is that it will not give me the handling I want in this car...not to mention all kinds of people say it gives rise to chasis rigidity issues.
So here is my solution...tell me if it sounds viable...I take the stock disc spindles and swap the driver and passenger sides around....this puts the steering arm on the front of each spindle....with most conventional racks I believe this would probably lead to the rack and pinion moving the wheels in the wrong direction(maybe I'm thinking about it wrong...I dont know) anyway, to solve this...I use a steering rack designed for a mustang II conversion....effectively moving the rack and pinion up close to the swaybar, thus my steering system would now clear the oil pan...I'm sure I would have to make custom brake lines, but I needed to do that for the lincoln 8.8 disc rear anyway, so its no big deal....tell me if I am missing something that would make this impractical...from my thoughts I "should" be able to physicaly swap driver and passenger side spindles right?
ok, heres my dillema...I am using a 3.2L SHO v6 in my 66....the issue I am having is the stock steering will get in the way of the oil pan...and so will aftermarket racks like the tcp rack....the only viable option is the mustang II front end...but, the problem with that is that it will not give me the handling I want in this car...not to mention all kinds of people say it gives rise to chasis rigidity issues.
So here is my solution...tell me if it sounds viable...I take the stock disc spindles and swap the driver and passenger sides around....this puts the steering arm on the front of each spindle....with most conventional racks I believe this would probably lead to the rack and pinion moving the wheels in the wrong direction(maybe I'm thinking about it wrong...I dont know) anyway, to solve this...I use a steering rack designed for a mustang II conversion....effectively moving the rack and pinion up close to the swaybar, thus my steering system would now clear the oil pan...I'm sure I would have to make custom brake lines, but I needed to do that for the lincoln 8.8 disc rear anyway, so its no big deal....tell me if I am missing something that would make this impractical...from my thoughts I "should" be able to physicaly swap driver and passenger side spindles right?