The steering rack seemed to work just fine for it's first time out. I had two ideas going; get the geometry corrected from a typical laydown servo and to "mass centralize" the chassis. Some benefits are that the esc & servo are about the same weight, so the chassis balances even better. I have the rack built with adjustable Ackerman. It's a turntable device under the carbon. Remove the two ball studs, spin the disc to the next spot and re-install the balls. I feel the geometry is more in tune with a servo in mounts, but without the upward swing of your outside link. It allows me to remove all shims under the steering arm ball studs out at the wheels. I think its kind of ugly, but it does the job quit nicely. I did not really dig into the set up possibilities last night. I mostly "shook it down". Strangely, the two o-rings I used to tighten up some of the linkage slop caused enough of a bind that caused some centering issues. Once removed, it cleared right up and you would never know that you had anything different then a traditional servo saver. I feel that I did take just a little weight off of the front end as I had to slide the bats forward a little. By the end of the evening, I was real happy with the car. So far, this is just a personal project and I do not intend to sell the steering rack system... unless I get overwhelmed with requests. I just know you guys like to look at the "new & strange".

Here's a little write up that I have started working on for the Flex Plate. They should be available mid Jan.

This new design Flex Plate takes place of the rear pivot socket of T-Bar cars. It bolts to the four holes in the t-bar with a flexible center hole for the chassis screw. Coned spacers perfectly position the t-bar to original heights and are the same thickness so that braces and cross braces will still fit. The Flex Plate moves the pivot center of the t-bar to the bottom, creating more grip over the course of eight minutes. For TQ or Jack the Gripper tracks, this will be a must have, solving that last few laps of loose race car. The Flex Plate is offered a few ways; "Standard Kit #113" will have the flex plate, 4 x 2/56 nuts & the spacers. The "Deluxe Kit #113R or B" will have the flex plate, then either red (R) or blue (B) anodized 2/56 screws, 2/56 nuts, & spacers. Lower your lap times now!