65 valiant rack installation

[robgeorge]

anybody out there ever fabricated a rack and pinion and disk breakes for a 65 valiant conv
bob

 

[66MOPAR77]

anybody out there ever fabricated a rack and pinion and disk breakes for a 65 valiant conv
bob

I seen a 65 Barracuda in Farmington NC last year with mustang 2 front suspension in it

 

[C130 Chief]

Disk brakes are easy enough. Rack & pinion? Why bother.

 

[66MOPAR77]

IMO it's too much work and everything has got to be perfect for it work
Right nod not have any problems

 

[pishta]

Rack usually goes forward of the K (sometimes inside the front part) and goes to flipped spindles. Mustang 2 hardware. Only advantage is header fitment. Disk are a bolt in. I thought about it mounting the rack under the pan where the center link is but the angle of the steering joints (need 2) would almost put the shaft through the floor pan. Lots of work for minimal gain.

 

[BillGrissom]

Easiest might be a kit, like Alterkation, but I don't know if any for an Early A (narrower frame). Steering design requires detailed knowledge, or else you can get "bump steer", making the car unsafe to drive. See the Wheeler Dealers episode on the hot rod. Also convenient if turning the steering wheel left makes the wheels turn left.

 

[55crownvic]

Might try one on my toad, have put them on all my fords, looks like a cavalier rack just might work.