Miatav8,MstrASE,A&P,F wrote:
Why not use what you have? A narrow rack can have very short travel and require shorter toe control arms on the spindles.
Since the scion track width makes sense to carry over to the rear, and the front track can be the same with the same scion lcas and custom ucas, I wonder why you are not just using the rack from the donor and buying another scion ifs for the middy ifs. It should be close enough to the correct width depending on how much you change with the uca conversion geometry, adjusting the rack height as needed to minimize bumpsteer near ride height. I expect the rack is high mount rear steer which should work well with a middy. If it is a hydraulic power steering rack, depower can be as simple as draining the fluid and looping the line. You can always go back later and tear it down for internal mods with no loop or swap to something else if the tiny amount of give from the torsion switch in the pinion is a primary concern after addressing any inevitable tweaks/issues found once it is on the road.
I was thinking, up till now, that I would use an atv rack because of the width of my frame. Looks being a big factor. Like I didn't want the rack ends sticking out super far and i didn't want to monkey around with shortening the rack.
I finally got the lower ball joints and kind of finalized where my control arm mounting points would be and I am now thinking I could use the scion rack, like it could be wide enough. I'll have to get under my car and get a better dimension of the scion rack before I order the utv one.
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