Me also , his customer service and product are both great

I put a Alterkation in the Valiant , before I knew about Gerst stuff ..

Its ok, I found Bill to be slow to respond, his front costs more than Gersts , and I just can't understand why after all the fronts he has sold, he can't find a mandrel bender to bend the tubes

I'll have to find the spindle picture. All I did to the lower ball joint, was cut off the factory steering arm. It bolts into place just like normal, and still has the stops that hit the lower control arm to limit the steering. As for the spindle, I welded on some arms to the inside of the spindle, with taking into consideration to Ackerman.

Tony, as for getting 5* caster, everything is stock, no tricks. When the car sits very low getting that much is simple. I actually had to cut down the LCA bump stops, so it wasn't riding on them. I literally could drive the car one handed, even with it being a stick car.

Jeff, your front end is similar to the one that LRT used to make. Looks great! I think when I eventually get back to my car, I'll do something similar I think.

Lots of great options out there these days, I'm super happy with the HDK kit in my Challenger. Denny always answered my calls, texts, and emails. First time I did that kind of conversion and he was very helpful.

A disclosure, I have an AlterK, that I modified.

That being said, I read in the May 2020 issue of "RaceCar Engineering" the following comment by contributor Mike Blanche,t page 7, that I think is very pertinent to this discussion:

"Generally attempted copies of winning racecars result in them being unsuccessful as designers egos, and the need to justify their positions, mean they try to put their own stamp on the design, which unknowingly screws up the overall package.

Or financial issues cause manufacturing compromises, with a similar effect."

Most would agree AlterK was the first to offer this much copied design solution.

I think several of the kits work very well, plus there's some that a lot of people don't even know about such as Tory Shellehamer's kits.
Hopefully with all these options the prices will come down some eventually.
I could not run an RMS AlterK kit because my inner fenders are custom re-inforced so my only option is the kits that use the stock upper shock mounts.
So the HDK was my only option other than MF and I will never use MF, and HDK was within driving distance so I saved the shipping money, win win situation for me.

Is there anyway a stock K Frame can be modified to accept a rack n pinion steering setup?

Or a aftermarket kit with torsion bars?

My Valiant has the rack in a stock K-frame. It can be done, but the rack is really too far forward. Bump steer was pretty bad.

I had it redone with different tie rods this winter, but haven't really driven it other than on and off the trailer.

I know this is a bit old but, I would like to learn more about your setup

Of topic. Jericogtx, who's headers on your car? Thanks