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H'ya Mule 03-18-2004 08:54 AM

rack and pinion steering
 
hey y'all,
I am taking my car to the sandblaster today for blasting and primer. after that i am thinking about R/P steering sytem from flaming river, any opinions? like or dislike? thanks.:)

Kisner 03-18-2004 10:49 AM

A little advice on the sandblasting. 1 - ensure the individual doing the sandblasting has lots of experience and knows what they're doing. 2 - ensure the cowl vent is covered. And 3 - if sandblasing the interior (which I don't recommend), ensure the cavities along the roof are covered.

The reason I mention this is before I acquired my 68 stang, it was sandblasted and the individual didn't know what he was doing. As a result, he sandblasted the rear quarter panels too long and slightly distorted the metal. Not that noticeable, but at the right angle you can see ripple effects in the sheet metal. Also, the cowl vent wasn't covered nor under the roof and it took me an entire day to vacuum out those areas (must've removed about 3 gallons of sand). Fortunately, with the heater and vents removed, my hands were small enough to get in there and vacuum it out. But what a mess.

H'ya Mule 03-18-2004 12:06 PM

thanks, i hadn't even thought of the cowl or interior collecting sand. actually the guy is switching to using baking soda, so no heat is produced. he seems to know what he is doing.

Fostang 03-18-2004 04:34 PM

Wait on that FR rack improvemets will come right now they are having too many clearance issues.

H'ya Mule 03-18-2004 06:00 PM

thanks for the information. do you know anything about the system from carchemistry.com?


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