SO that is just a HOBBY
Wow...
Looks like a bunch of fun... But you already know that..
Daytona Front clip in the the back of 85 Charger BTW... (daytona stuff shares the famous K car platform.. the Charger "L" body stuff is same design.. but different.. The daytona stuff uses a wider track.. by about 2 inches.. )
and yes.. for now the Rack has been disassembled and welded in place.. It would work alright for a fun street toy as I made sure to at least preserve the factory geometry.
the problem is the factory Geometry is 'designed' for the front of the car.. and well.. Lets just say they dealt with many compromises and the bean counters won just a few to many times. Not all bad because it means until scrap steel went way up there were plenty of cheap parts around.
I have altered the "anti dive" under braking geometery of the Lower control arm and made that into a very slight 'anti squat' setup.. and made some crude adjustment to dial that all in..
and I have plans to make the toe link adjustable in several directions. Studying the MR2.. 88 fiero vs 87 models.. Even pulled a Boxster in the shop and took lots of measurements... And you would be really surprised at the amount of toe in/out in some of these designs..
Then of course trying to balance Roll centers with a strut design which... well... It makes it tough to end up with the kind of track machine I am hoping to end up with...
The trouble is my projects often suffer from the "Paralysis of Analysis." and then I end up diverting from the project to work harder to swing the extra tools I now "need" which I didn't even know existed... yada yada yada...
Replacing the cheapo welder this week.. So I can soup up a HF bead roller and then GET TO WORK...