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Installation of rack and pinion and headers for stainless Avanti frame.

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  • Steering: Installation of rack and pinion and headers for stainless Avanti frame.

    A recent update:

    Have found a ZF rack and pinion the fits the requirement for the proper spread of the inner tie rods for the Avanti frame. Here are some photos of it, with the fabricated mounts.

    ZF rack and pinion as seen from above from the passenger side.




    ZF rack and pinion as seen from above from the driver's side. The mounts were fabricated in stainless, to be the same material as crossmember.




    Avanti with ZF rack and pinion mounts fabricated. As seen from beneath the the left front of the car, looking rearward to the front crossmember.




    LS7 exhaust header with large factory flange removed, and a tapered collector fabricated. This is the passenger side.




    LS7 exhaust header with new stainless tapered collector. The collector has been fabricated to move the exhaust inward, away from the frame. This view is from the interior of the car, looking at the passenger side.

    sigpic 1963 Studebaker Avanti: LS1 motor and T-56 transmission have been moved rearward, set up as a two seat coupe with independent rear suspension. Complex solutions for nonexistant problems.
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