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Dec 22, 2005 | 03:59 PM

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Manual Rack?

Does anyone else besides Madman make them for the Fbody? If not how is the fitment on the Madman Manual Rack, i thought they came out with a better design that was a better fit?

Dec 22, 2005 | 08:47 PM

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Lets try this one over here.

Dec 23, 2005 | 01:05 AM

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Coppied into drag racing tech also.

Dec 23, 2005 | 07:16 AM

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I saw somebody say they had a Stenod and I was wondering the price....

Dec 23, 2005 | 08:40 AM

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TTT. I'm ready to buy a Madman as of now.

Dec 23, 2005 | 09:38 AM

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The madman rack is worth every penny! It was a walk in the park to install, and looks much cleaner.

Dec 23, 2005 | 11:12 AM

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I have a Madman. He's got a great rack.

Only warning: Don't try to run 275/40-17 tires up front with it if you have Grover arms like me.

I had to resort to running skinnies 100% of the time.

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Dec 24, 2005 | 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Camaroholic

I have a Madman. He's got a great rack.

Only warning: Don't try to run 275/40-17 tires up front with it if you have Grover arms like me.

I had to resort to running skinnies 100% of the time.

I thought these cars came stock with Bogarts?

Dec 24, 2005 | 02:50 PM

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Curious if anybody else makes them as well.

Dec 24, 2005 | 04:37 PM

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Im pretty sure AJE has a manual rack setup on their website. Could be wrong though.

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Dec 26, 2005 | 02:24 AM

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is it really that much easier to steer with a manual rack vs a looped stocker?

Dec 26, 2005 | 09:48 AM

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That is a good question. I've had old rides with manual steering. They get easier after you start rolling. The pontiac does not.

Dec 26, 2005 | 10:32 AM

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To answer the questions.
1. The manual rack is alot easier to steer than having a looped rack. The ration is completely different.
2. My rack comes with everything to install it including new tierod ends, bumpsteer kit and a new steering shaft.

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Dec 26, 2005 | 10:59 AM

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Stenod made mine while they had my car but they had mentioned possibly doing them for anybody so probably best to just give them a call and go from there. I've heard good stuff about madman's as well so you can't go wrong either way.

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Dec 27, 2005 | 11:40 AM

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Just a question...how do you "loop" the stock rack? would this make it harder to stear? What would be the advantage of this?

Dec 27, 2005 | 01:14 PM

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Looping the stock rack means eliminating the power steering pump and just running the in/out lines of the rack to itself (or else the fluid would just leak out of it unless you used plugs but people have said that isn't good for the rack).