I didn't drag race my car...but the rack was a great upgrade, wish I had done it a long time before.

(The setup has been done in Oz for a while now.) Paul Norris at the link I mentioned above is who did my K frame. You need to modify the steering shaft, but it's nothing all that hard.

Oh, and with a V8 you need to notch the sump a little to clear the rack, or shim the engine mounts a bit. With the Hemi-6 it clears as is..

Thanks for the link, very helpful.
This was supposed to be a quick, cheap and easy daily driver project. Things can escalate, you know how it is

All too well..

By the way...another difference from memory, the lower ball joints on the Oz cars are a slightly different length to the USA ones, if you ever go to change them out..not sure on what your's may have on it?


Oh, and if you wanted to go power steering...you can get a power rack too. My buddy in Oz has the same sort of setup for his '68 Charger R/T.

Oh, and another thing...did you get the remote oil filter setup with the car? They used a setup with pipes,etc that mounts the oil filter up next to the distributor basically (vertically) since there is no room with the steering box there to have it mounted to the block like on a LHD car.

You can always go with any type of aftermarket remote setup as well of course.

Here is a pic...an engine my buddy put together for his Ute not too long ago, uses the factory oil filter setup on it.

Very similar oil filter setup but at the front, mounted on the water pump. It's gone the journey as there was crusty old oil and dirt over the chassis rail and the rear of the engine, the seals had gone and I couldn't get them anywhere. Now have an aftermarket remote set up, much better
No pics unfortunately.
Edit: I noticed the oil cover has twin lines on your buddies motor, UK cars had a single outlet with stacked blocks to which the steel lines where attached. It was crap
Found a pic, though not of ours.

I guess your oil filter location there would be easier to reach...and instead of spilling all over the side of the distributor and back of the engine you get it all over the front of everything.

Oh, and another little bit of trivia for everyone else...nothing both the UK and Aussie cars, being RHD have the windshield wipers pivot the other direction.
(That way you get the full sweep on the correct side of the glass)

Maybe not trivia but something a lot of people may not notice.