[Fot] Racks

[John Styduhar]

The distance between the inner tie rods on the TR7 rack is very close to
the distance between the lower control arm inner pivot on the TR3, and you
can achieve a parallel with the tie rods and lower control arms with the
proper location of the mounting brackets. Bump steer is minimal if at all.
 The rack can be mounted directly over the front lower control arm inner
pivot bracket. The upper section of a two-piece TR3 steering column fits
perfectly with the lower section of the TR7 steering column with the OEM
U-joint.


On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Dean Tetterton <tr3a58 at verizon.net> wrote:

>       There is a major problem, in my opinion, with the conversion that Bob
> did. You have to shorten the tie rod ends because the rack tubes are so
> long.
> This ends up with real short tie rod ends and a lot of bump steer. As the
> suspension travels up and down, the wheels will turn in and out. They are
> too short to correct this by moving the rack up or down. The pivot for the
> tie rod ends need to be in align with the pivots for the upper and lower A
> arms.
>         This is one thing Ford got right in the Mustang II front
> suspension.
> That's way a
> lot of Street Rods are built using the Mustang II front suspension.
>
> Dean T.
> Also a Street Rodder....35 Ford Mustang II front suspension
>
>
> On May 24, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Bill Sohl wrote:
>
> > The fitting of a TRR4 steering rack has been done before. Bob Schaller
> (now
> deceased)
> > did it.  I believe it is written up in a publication Bob did which
> described
> a number
> > of performance and road ability aspects of TRs.
> >
> > The publication was available from The Roadster Factory...but
> > I don't know if it still is.
> >
> > Bob lived in Arizona and also made certain machined parts for TRF.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Bill Sohl
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hasty" <jhhasty at gdhs.com>
> > To: "FOT" <fot at autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 9:26 PM
> > Subject: [Fot] Racks
> >
> >
> >> Has anyone tried to fit the TR4 quick rack on a TR3?  If so what
> modifications
> >> were needed?
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