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I did the upgrade... and no I don't have any meaningful before and after because I changed several things at once. There is another way to look at it though... Chrysler made the upgrade to the heavier tie rods on heavier cars for a reason.

When you put big sticky tires on lighter B's, E's and A's and drive them hard, the steering loads will increase. Upgrades Chrysler made for the heavier cars may be "just right".

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A heavier car, heavier truck, is one thing, and I agree many suspension mods are intended to generate higher CORNERING loads, but I have yet to see a strong case made that the STEERING loads increase. We seldom make our cars heavier, actually in "corners" lighter is the preferred goal.


For additional background, review my diatribe in a similar vein over on the welded k members pic thread.