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performance steering gear

Has anyone swapped a stock rack and pinion with performance rack and pinion - i think the tbird package "FILA" had a performance gear (tighter turning faster responce) ?

performance steering gear

Reply #1
It's a pretty common swap.  I've done it.

http://www.coolcats.net/modifying/steeringrack.html
1986 Mercury Cougar - 2.3T/T5 swap, TC brakes and suspension and rearend, 3" exhaust, 255 lph fuel pump, Stinger BOV, Gillis MBC @ 18 psi
2003 Chevy Suburban Z71 - Daily driver
2015 Chevy Volt - Wife's daily driver

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Reply #2
87-93 Mustang GT rack works fine (that's what I've got in my Thunderbird). I reused the stock pump without issue.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

performance steering gear

Reply #3
SN95 rack, Fox inner and outer tie-rods, and Maximum Motorsports hybrid steering shaft with the stock pump.  I have this setup on both the Coupe and the Bird and the steering response is much better than the over boosted Fox rack.  Not cheap but I was tired of the lack of feed back from the over boosted Fox system.

83 351W TKO'd T-Bird on the bottle


93 331 Mustang Coupe - 368 rwhp

 

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Reply #4
Fila this were nothing fancy. Basically equivalent to an lx model, which could be optioned any number of ways.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
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1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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