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Because the steering rack had to be moved to the front, the
car now became front steer, which meant a front steer rack and pinion now had to be used. This also necessitated that the
spindles now would also have to steer from the front. What do I use. The 924/944 rack and pinion is front steer so that
is a logical choice, but will it work and how will I mount it. After taking measurements it was determined that this
was a good candidate. Then came the decision of how to mount it, where to place it, will it clear the side of the pan, will
the angle of the steering be too extreme and cause it to bind.
So many hours of thinking and measuring took place to find the right point. In order
to keep the bump steer down the rack had to be placed as close as possible to the front of the oil pan, but this would still
leave the tie rods on an angle to the spindles. I thought about recessing the front of the pan so that the rack could be mounted
back further but that was out of the question. There isn't any room in the pan to allow that, so as I mentioned earlier a
trade off will have to occur. The r&p also cannot be centered in the car as it needs to be because of the oil pan.
The steering shaft location means that it the r&p will have to be mounted 2" to the right which is really
going to mess up your steering radius, especially right turns. My solution to the problem was to extend the shaft on the right
side by 2". This is a simple fix but it took me awhile too finally figure out that that is what I needed to do to correct
the problem. I took a r&p out of a rabbit that was laying around, hollowed out the end that pivioted so the the shaft
could now fit inside it. Then I shortened the shaft where the threads are and placed it inside the now non-pivoting end and
welded them together. I now had a 2" extension and my steering problems were solved.
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