R&P on a BJ front end?

[volkdent]

Weight is still up in the air, because not all the parts are built, but I think it will be similar to or just slightly heavier than stock. Personally, I don't mind a little extra weight over the front tires anyway, considering the lovely understeer bugs have with stiffer suspension. Besides the 4 arms which will be much ligher than the trailing arms, there is only 2 laser cut plates of 1/8" steel sheet and 4 1.5" tubes running between them. Add lightweight coilovers and the rack, and that's about it.

As far as the rack is concerned, the rotation has already been taken into consideration, and there may be some. But if you look at the line between the stock steering arms on the spindle, you'll see that the rack has to sit very close to the bulkhead, so rotation won't help with that kind of angle. The suspension I'm building is also dropping the ride height considerably, and that helps with decreasing the angles of the U joints to the steering column.

Jason