Ok.  Maybe I missed it, but poking around your website, Robert, I found out
that this car is a V8 swap that has a replacement front subframe.  The
obvious answer is that the rack is not centered.  You need to do some
measurements to verify this.  Compare the dimensions to a stock car.

I'm convinced that the replacement subframe is the problem.  Maybe the
quality control wasn't good enough to prevent this, maybe something was
installed incorrectly, or maybe (most likely) it was done this way on
purpose so that the steering shaft could clear the headers or something else
that Mazda didn't put there.  You need to figure this out before you
transfer all of this to the new car, or it will follow you.  Maybe you will
be able to find different length tie rod ends that can compensate for this.

Sam

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 10:13 AM, derf <[email protected]> wrote:

> It is all I can see from the pics.  The boots are surely not equally
> spaced when the rack is centered.
> If you move the boot outer clamp in too far it would certainly
> restrict travel, no?
> But, the fact that the wheel hits the A-arm means there is probably
> something more sinister afoot.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Bill Cardell <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > I'm not buying that one, but hopefully we'll know soon.
> >
> >
> > Bill Cardell
> > TurboDog's Dad
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