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Originally Posted by ironworks
If it was easy everybody would do it. Why do you think so many cars look like crap and have such crappy engineering, Cuz some body would actually offset the rack and never even consider the consequences. Mavel engineering can custom make you a rack, or I know woodward sells there own U joints for there racks that are smaller then the flaming river units. You might also buy like an ATS oil pan and just notch the corner to gain some much needed space. Could you move the rack just a tic forward? Is the rack you are using power or manual? Could you adjust the steering arms and make the steering a front steer set up? you might have to do combo of like 4 things to fix it right, but a proper fix is always the best. Have layed out your exhaust yet? That is another issue to address at the same time along with steering column location. Change one thing and modify 10 other items.
Rodger
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roger ..the rack is manual and its a circle track rack.it is front steer setup.. the rack mount just under the pan .pan works great.. just i didnt have it in place when i built the mounts plates .
this is what i should have done.
so i should have raised the motor and trans slightly more all together.
then fabbed the motor mount plates that go on the block. and had the clearance for the joint next to the pain rail.if i would have set up the engine /trans higher in the frame i wouldnt have run into this...but lowers the better for c.g.
what i need is a joint 3/4 36 spline thats about 1 inch in diameter for 2 inches then the ujoint then joint goes to round for shaft.
its just tight next to the pan edge flange and block there.
i looked at woodward joints they do look smaller in diameter...
thanks for input rodger....
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radrambler