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| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » Rack and Pinion upgrade for 70s Full Size Fords? » October 19, 2017 2:08 pm |
IMPRESSIVE fabrication work by Daze! Sadly, I talked it through with my trusted mechanic and he says German TÜV will never approve of such a radical mod in the steering tech. So I guess I'll just by a four-bolt Saginaw box from Redhead and be done with it.
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » Rack and Pinion upgrade for 70s Full Size Fords? » October 15, 2017 2:12 am |
Hi guys,
having tasted the full power of my upgraded engine on a 120mph Autobahn run, I have developed a strong taste for a more precise steering.
So, there are two ways to go here: Either get a shorter ratio gearbox from Redhead or so or thrown the whole recirculating ball setup out and install a proper rack and pinion setup.
I've seen upgrades for 60s Galaxies available from Unisteer and others, but nothing for the 70s version.
Can anyone help?
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 72 Galaxie with a 400: Header choices » June 30, 2017 8:03 am |
guitar74 wrote:
I would go with Hooker super comps for a '77 Tbird. Closer to the Galaxie chassis and ARE for a 400 Cleveland. I tried going Fairlane, Ranchers/Cougar for my '65 and no dice, no fit. Hooker makes super comps for LTD II/TBIRD/ELITE WITH 351M/400. That's where I would start.
Thank you!
So, basically these: ?
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 72 Galaxie with a 400: Header choices » June 29, 2017 1:21 am |
Hi guys,
I want to upgrade the exhaust on my 72 with a 400M. Problem is that I can't seem to find fitting headers. Even assuming that headers for a Gran Torino/Ranchero will fit, none of the available models fits my spec:
-Flowtechs don't fit with a C6
-Hedman Hedders don't fit a 400 and don't fit with a C6
-Hookers don't fit with power steering
At least, that's the theory. In practice, what can I get to fit using a hammer? Is there anything from a smaller brand that's not on Summit or Jegs that I might be missing?
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 72 Country Sedan - strange steering issue » June 1, 2017 2:57 pm |
Thank you for your reply. I'll probably won't use an angle grinder but try to make some more room with a hammer, in the name of removing as little material as possible.
Also, she's a California car and came to me with a completely dry and lightly surface rusted frame, so I actually had her sprayed with sticky, deep-creep oily coating to protect her from water and road salt.
See this partly and badly translated website:
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 72 Country Sedan - strange steering issue » June 1, 2017 3:30 am |
I replaced the control arm and stabilizer bar bushings before the alignment. The tension rod bushings are still unchanged, possibly even factory-installed, but look fine to me:
But yeah, the thick layer of anti-corrosive agent gives a good indication of where contact happens.
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » Show Me Your Ride(s) » May 31, 2017 2:16 pm |
72 Country Sedan, imported to Germany:
400M with flat top pistons, Edelbrock cam & intake, Holley Sniper EFI
You can read more about her on Jalopnik:
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » Member Intro » May 31, 2017 2:13 pm |
N00b from Germany here! Imported a 72 Country Sedan from Ohio two years ago.
Will post pics over in "post your ride".
| Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » 72 Country Sedan - strange steering issue » May 31, 2017 2:09 pm |
Hi,
just registered to this board, in hoping to find help to solve a really weird problem...
Sometimes when accellerating or slowing down I feel a sight hit in the steering wheel, accompanied by a clacking noise. Taking the car up on a lift it becomes obvious that the steering linkage is sometimes touching the car's frame.
I can not really explain how this can even happen to myself. The car got an alignment some days ago so a slight steering geometry change is to be expected...
The frame consists of two layers of steel, one slightly larger than the other. The "Roadkill" solution would be to take an angle grinder and simply cut the longer layer down to match the shorter one. But I would rather find a "real!" fix...
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