Does anyone know or have done this swap before?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
John

 

madman and pa racing sell manual rack conversions. you can get them to with stock mounts,or buy the kmember and lose more weight also. hope this helps

ps,this should be in lt1 tech or drag racing.....

 

I'll transfer this to Drag Racing since it doesn't really fit here or in LT1 "engine" Tech.

 

FJ Smith (www.smithperformance.com) has a nice piece. Their customer service is very good as well. Very friendly/helpful.

Ryan

 

I got a Madman rack. Just like Smith's it's a Pinto-style rack w/ the bump steer kit. I got mine for a stock mounts and it went on my BMR K-member just fine. It's slightly lighter than stock (saved maybe 20# tops w/ the deleted pulley, lines, fluid and different rack) and the ratio is MUCH better than the power rack. Took about 2 hours to put on. I did have to drill out the holes on the spindle, but if you use a low-speed drill and plenty of fluid, it cuts just fine and won't crack.

 

Madman rack bolts in very easily, you have to drill out the spindles a little but it's easy.

 

Did you hve to change the steering box?Does he weld the mounting pads to the rack to fit fbodies or will they just bolt up as a stock pinto rack?
Thanks,John

 

Give me a call 281-290-8899 and I can explain everything.