well escorts have racks, so if he used or replicated an Escort front end in the Datto, that would probably be a decent solution. plus you can get quick racks for eskies too.

DAT383 is a drag car. so steering geometry probably isn't his biggest concern. it may be done very well though, there's a fair bit of engineering in that car from what I've seen.

I'm not saying it isn't possible, just not really feasible for a road car.

Some bloke who's just done it himself because he doesn't like to listen to people who know better telling him it isn't the best idea - chances are its geometry is all over the place.

When people who do this stuff for a living on race cars and know about steering geometry and setup tell you it will be very difficult to get even acceptable geometry in the confined space on a road going 1200 with CA in it, with numerous attempts at modifying steering arms to rectify the issues... all that labour is going to add up. As I said it really isn't feasible. And that's assuming you can even find a rack the right width in the first place - near enough really isn't good enough.

but feel free to disregard knowledgeable opinion and just bung it together yourself and hope for the best.

for a race car, or performance road use, a slightly vague steering box with decent geometry will be a much better solution than a nice tight steering rack with poor geometry.