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Old Nov 26, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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Madman Manual Steering Rack

Its this the only one out there for our car? I am just wanting to see if there are any other types of steering racks. thanks John
Old Nov 26, 2007 | 08:12 PM
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anyone?
Old Nov 26, 2007 | 09:09 PM
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this should probably be in the suspension section. madman is the only one i know of. one of my freinds did the manual rack conversion on his car with madman parts and it was a nightmare. he put in the k-member with the pinto rack mounts and the pinto rack and steering shaft kit made for an f-body from madman. the rack bolted to the k member just fine but the steering shaft would have to run through the headder and motor mount to even come close to working. we ended up having to cut the mounts off the k-member an moving them over a few inches to get the steering shaft to turn without binding. we also had to cut a section out ofthe drivers side tie rod and weld it back together to compensate for shifting the rack over.

this i just a cautionary tale. if you decide to go this route i would recomend getting the k-member with the stock mounts and the stock style manual rack. it is more expensive but definately worth the extra cost.
Old Dec 2, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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i dont theres such thing as a stock manual steering setup on an f-body?
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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there are two styles that i know of the pinto style mount and the stock style mount sorry if i was unclear. as far as i know there was never a fourth gen without ps from the factory. lol

thease are the two styles i was thinking of...

http://www.thunderracing.com/catalog...vid=4&pcid=255

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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by sn8ke eatr
i dont theres such thing as a stock manual steering setup on an f-body?
Correct, only PS...... Manual is aftermarket.......
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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or just take your p/s pump out and use the stock rack and pinion w/o assistance from the pump. right?
Old Dec 5, 2007 | 11:55 PM
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or just take your p/s pump out and use the stock rack and pinion w/o assistance from the pump. right?
It wont work.......Be like trying to turn a tank.... Very unsafe.....
Old Dec 6, 2007 | 09:54 PM
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It was just a thought.... But yeah i figured it wouldn't be fun, but i couldn't see it being too hard to turn w/ skinnies. Either way I see how it would be unsafe.
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