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Old September 20th, 2002, 01:20 PM
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manual rack
has anyone put a manual rack on their car? I'hve heard of people converting pinto or f-body racks to fit.
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Old September 21st, 2002, 05:03 PM
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Check the webpage in my signature. We have a manual rack on that car.
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Old September 21st, 2002, 06:21 PM
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heh, but what does it consist of? I've saw a couple that people have used pinto racks or an f-body rack, and made it work, but how?
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Old September 25th, 2002, 01:48 PM
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no one?
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Old September 25th, 2002, 05:39 PM
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If your talking "manual BOX" one from an S-10 truck should work.
Or for some $$ Flaming River has a G-body kit.
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Old September 25th, 2002, 05:46 PM
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nah, i want to eliminate the box, i was going to run the s-10 manual box, but would like to shed some more weight, I was not aware that flaming river made a g-body peice.
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Old September 26th, 2002, 03:04 PM
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So has anyone here tried this FR1495 manual box kit on a GN? Would it work ok for a serious street/strip car?

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Old September 26th, 2002, 05:29 PM
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i e-mailed flaming river, they dont make a kit for the g-bod
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Old September 26th, 2002, 06:13 PM
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Well the number I posted above says it is :-) But who knows.

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Old September 27th, 2002, 12:04 PM
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i'll have to give them a call i guess.
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Old September 27th, 2002, 01:11 PM
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looked it up on the web page. Its a steering box, not rack and pinion.
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