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Also, I ordered this $20 steering position sensor thinking now is the time

CUS! TOM! RACK!
CUS! TOM! RACK!
CUS! TOM! RACK!
CUS! TOM! RACK!
CUS! TOM! RACK!

The titan steering rack price list I found and liked was from 2005, the $600 rack is now $2k....maybe, that is nearly a full year of car budget.....but they look amazing and they can do a 1.75, 1.58 or 1.45 turn setups but still needs adapter bits made.


At kind of the other end of the spendy spectrum is a $165 14" empi rack that is 1.5 turns and exactly the right travel but I would need to extend the 1 side....so lets call it $250 and it is a bit...well...sad.


There is an oval track unit from sweet mfg for about $600 that is much nicer that I could do the same extend the end trick on I think and have 1.66 or 1.43 turn options


Or buy a 2.5 turn bolt-in rack and just pretend I'm happy? Definitely better than 3.2 turns. The best I can tell the mondial rack in my car is the same as the 308 rack but has 5mm more stroke.

I put a torque wrench on my steering tonight and sitting in the garage its right about 30Nm to turn it. This is the 1.7 turns setup with a dead PS unit probably adding some resistance. The Chinese PS units are NOT ordered as there are still a few questions on the specs I'm trying to sort out but 30-40Nm is what I think the max output is so it would probably be fine with a fast rack. The way its setup now with a slow rack and a quicken the Ps unit needs about 15Nm so it would be plenty strong enough...the issue is I really fought the quickener into that spot but maybe with the new PS unit it will fit better?

The head gaskets have shipped so a BIG thank you to drhex donating them!

The PS units are ready to ship so they should be here in 2-3 weeks

Our old net set died and Lana got this set on facebook for $100


I nearly heat stroked myself this weekend setting the posts in the clay and rock that passes for dirt here in PA plus $150 in other materials....so not really sure it was a bargain but my son is thrilled to have it for his birthday party this coming weekend, just need to remove the dangerously unsafe swing set now.

I've picked up tasks at work that have required evening calls all this week and next making it harder to justify turning on the AC out in the shop and doing stuff but I'm free tonight and through the weekend. I still don't have a real plan for how I'm going to pressure test the intake ports beyond I'll need to fix the tig torch to fix the leaks when I find them. And the pistons need to come out so I can fix the valve pockets. I want to inspect all the bearings, i'm pretty sure I left a few in I shouldn't have last time. So plenty to do while I make a port repair plan.

So years ago I had water leaks and rigged this up to find them. I air pressured it and found and welded the holes.



The problem now is oil from the cam galley.....and I'm probably thinking WAY to much. I guess I just install the cam cover and make a plate to seal the timing chain end with a fitting for the leak down tester. Then I need to seal the valve guides so I just ordered some 5mm plugs, they will be here Sunday so I'll target having everything else ready by then and just get on with getting it fixed.

back to rods. The first place to actually give me a quote doesn't really do design so I need to model up what I want. I grabbed a junk frankenferrari rod.....quite different from the lincoln

look what arrived

I powered it up to make sure it turned on and for whatever reason I decided to clamp a 10" vise grip on and try and hold it while I turned the ujoint with my other hand. I could hold 2.5A (30W- it goes to 400W)...and my poor brain was not doing well processing what it was seeing/feeling with the ujoint hand so easily over powering the vise grip hand.

I took a look at the steering.....and decide I needed some processing time because even thought the new EPA unit is generally smaller, its a bit longer along the steering shaft so there is really no way I'm putting a quickener...well....unless I attack the steering column which I kind of don't want to do.....but I frikin love the quick steering so I really don't want to give that up.....but I don't need another big or expensive project.....processing time.