neil Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Thought i would throw this one out there just in case there is someone who has done it before. A front mount power steering rack for a ke55? :party: I currently have a 1jzgte sitting in its final place and I'm wanting to put a rack on to make it steer easier. putting it behind the cross member is not an option as i already have a rear sump 1j and I'm not going to be setting it any further back to make room. i can swap struts from left to right to give it a front steering point. anything is possibe and i will be doing it for sure. ive done a couple of google searches but have not found much as yet. help me out lads..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRMOPARMAN Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 theres a bit more to it than that. just swapping the arms will stuff up your front end geometry (ackerman etc) among other things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duggy Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 calling beerhead??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerhead Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 I'm pretty sure Fook (Demuire) has done a KE55 to KE70 rack conversion before. Which physically is similar dimensions to an AE86 powersteering rack. If you reverse the pivot points of the steering the pinion will be on the wrong side of the rack and steering right will make your car turn left (which I think you understand) You'll definitely need to work out a rack that's go the pinion in the right spot. I'd think about tracking down a front 1JZ sump to save you problems, then running an AE86 powersteering rack will be relatively straight forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love ke70 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 custom sump, keep the steering on the rear of the crossmember. imagine the angles you will need to run a steering arm out to the far side of the crossmember, i think the knuckles would bind... not to mention all the other problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 thanks for the help so far guys. sump mods i like it! i will give that some thought. i have a day off tomorrow, back to thinking about conversions and less cooking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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