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Author: Subject: Will a lhd escort rack work as a rear mounted rhd rack ?
froggy

posted on 25/8/13 at 07:30 PM Reply With Quote
Will a lhd escort rack work as a rear mounted rhd rack ?

I need to source a rack for my hot rod and a std escort rack won't work as the steering arms are rear mounted .

I'm wondering if a lhd rack turned round would work in a rear mounted position ?





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austin man

posted on 25/8/13 at 07:58 PM Reply With Quote
cant you use the hubs on the opposite sides which will allow a standard rack to work the other way is to look for a rack that operates from the rear





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britishtrident

posted on 25/8/13 at 08:01 PM Reply With Quote
A RHD Mk1/MK2 Fiesta rack with track rod extensions is what you need if you are using Cortina or Sierra uprights.





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froggy

posted on 25/8/13 at 08:09 PM Reply With Quote
Fiesta rack is too slow and I'm going to use an epas column so I can run a decent amount of castor .





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scimjim

posted on 26/8/13 at 06:57 AM Reply With Quote
It should work - early Scimitars use a LHD rack flipped over, as standard.
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43655

posted on 28/8/13 at 06:17 PM Reply With Quote
I have an escort LHD rack if you're interested
Was going to do the same as you but chassis design and uprights made me go front steer, and my rack would be back to front then!
It's a 'OEM-Quality' one off ebay, 2.4 lock to lock i think
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froggy

posted on 28/8/13 at 08:43 PM Reply With Quote
Bum cakes !!! Ordered one yesterday but thanks for the offer





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rgdavid

posted on 28/9/13 at 03:26 PM Reply With Quote
ive got one as well.
would happily swop for a RHD version.

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