Type 65 complete kit steering rack question

[Fbird]

Hi all,
Got some bushings in today so I put on my front coil overs. Very exciting! Then I figured out how many turns my manual steering rack had in the total range of motion from lock to lock and turned the steering shaft until it was in the middle of this range by counting turns. Next I took off the tie rods and located each nut on the threaded rods on the steering rack to 2 1/8 inch to make them even. Following this I threaded on the tie rods. The passenger side rod goes in 1/2 less than the driver side when I put it in all the way until bottoming out. I am not understanding how this will work? I have the tie rods bottoming out and it looks like I need them to go in more to achieve a neutral straight wheel position. The problem is the steering rack rods won’t allow that.

Before I get out the trusty angle grinder I figured I would ask for advice?
Thank you all.