A-bodies.......Big motors

Glad you asked....I bolted everything up similiar to what you have seen posted "around" lately....when I went for a ride I discovered I had some issues.While simply flipping the lower ball joints/steering arms side to side looked like it would do the trick,it was far from right. The car "floated" upon acceleration(bump steer),when I turned corners, the outside tire wanted to roll off the rim(ackerman issue)also because of the bump steer issue ,when I backed up, the car wanted to pull itself apart. After much effort( I even shortened a set of lower control arms and spaced the balljoint/steering arm out further in an attempt to get a least "neutral" ackerman. I finally solved the ackerman issue by modifying the stock spindles relocating the inner tie rod location between the drum(had to swap to 9" for room) and inner rim(had to use 15" rims)much like a Corvette. I also utilized a drag link (pictued in March '97 Mopar Muscle....my Hemi Duster on cover) with the rack and pinion to locate the inner tie rod joint in its proper location. It worked incredibly well...but when I started to build the front end for HemiMarks Duster, I realized if I were to use a spindle designed for a front steer application it would actually be a lot cheaper than modifying the stock ones....also utilizing the Mustang II spindle opens the door for numerous "after market" brake combinations.I realize it is possible to use stock spindles in a front steer application to some degree, but my experiece tells me without costly modification,ackerman and bumpsteer problems cannot be eliminated.they might be "addressed" ,but they are far from solved.I hope sometime you could see the K-frame package I built for Jim's Demon.....let me put it this way...its tight(Hemi/column shift auto/a/c/sorryno p/s)...and right...correct caster/camber for street...too many builders want drag racing specs..a lot of caster...appx 4" of travel while maintaining camber. I really wish there was an inexpensive front steer rack set-up that works correctly for a street application...but I've never seen one. Mopar to ya' Denny