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Joyridin · 12-22-2021, 01:21 PM

If you look at where the front pulley is sitting, it isn't sitting 6" away from the rack and pinion. It looks to be about 2" away, which is about the distance needed to slide the engine in place. So moving it back 10" is too far off even though he moved the whole crossmember back about an inch or 2.

This would have been a really neat concept if it actually worked, but I couldn't find any way to make it work without chopping 25% of the frame width away or moving the engine back. The one front end kit I looked at had what looked to be 1.5" spacers in place of the out tie rods to correct the bump steer, but on this kit, you probably needed something close to 3".

I had the No-Limit set-up in in less than a day if I add all my time up. That was a relief after messing with the Flat Out Engineering catastrophe.

12-22-2021, 01:21 PM	#44
Joyridin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 478	Re: Flat-Out Engineering front end? If you look at where the front pulley is sitting, it isn't sitting 6" away from the rack and pinion. It looks to be about 2" away, which is about the distance needed to slide the engine in place. So moving it back 10" is too far off even though he moved the whole crossmember back about an inch or 2. This would have been a really neat concept if it actually worked, but I couldn't find any way to make it work without chopping 25% of the frame width away or moving the engine back. The one front end kit I looked at had what looked to be 1.5" spacers in place of the out tie rods to correct the bump steer, but on this kit, you probably needed something close to 3". I had the No-Limit set-up in in less than a day if I add all my time up. That was a relief after messing with the Flat Out Engineering catastrophe.