Thanks for all the great info, Karl. My 2002 vintage car looks a lot different from yours. I see in the Mk4 assembly manual where they talk about removing and cutting inner tie rods and then adding a steering rack extension like you mention. My assembly manual for the Mk 1 doesn’t have any of that. It just says to screw the inner tie rods in to compensate for the narrower track of the FFR as compared to the Mustang. I wonder if my track is different from yours.
I can see where the hydraulic hose might get in the way but I am also wondering about room to get the rack mounting bolts out and back in.
What steering ratio did you get. My current Flaming River rack is Well over 3 turns lock to lock and pretty slow in urban/suburban Houston driving. I am thinking of going with a 2.5.
Thanks, again.
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