Rack and pinion

go-fish said

I would be willing to bet that he loves that set up a little less since they paved that mountain. But, then again, I don't think there are many 180* switchbacks that would test his turning radius very far. It's a very specific car built for a specific course. I would bet if his chosen sport was autocross he would want something different.

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Yeah totally. That’s the issue with using a purpose built race car as an example, just because it does what it does well doesn’t mean it’s a good idea for other applications.

I’d also be willing to bet that set up has been on the car for awhile. Which means new replacement boxes probably weren’t available at the time, the Borgeson wasn’t an option, etc. Heck there was a few times you couldn’t get the worm and ball replacements because Mopar stopped making them too, so getting a rebuilt box didn’t necessarily help anything if the worm and ball was worn.

And yeah, since all that stuff was custom built to run that rack I’m sure he doesn’t just want to swap it back because it would mean replacing a bunch of that stuff. Clearly it still works well enough!