The steering mounted

Well here is the steering rack mounted. It looks a little high and to far forward. The problem is that the springs (the blue steel) will be in the way if it is moved further back. After some discussion and more research it looks like the above rack is to big. It is a cortina rack in a 100+ frame. The reason it seems to big is my location of the rack is very limited (I should have pushed the springs outside the frame not inside) this means that the joint in the rack is outside the plane of the arm rotation. I am hoping that an escort rack will solve the problem. I will need to make sure I get all the bits this time. eg: All the rubbers, the rod back to the column and any extra CV joints.

Also in these photos I have attempted to take photos of where I think the column will go through the firewall. Although it is not ideal, it looks like I will need 3-4 uni joints and a bit of magic matching them. This is yet to be worked out, but the general idea is that it will come through the wall about half way down and over to the right of the wall. It should all make sense once I cut the hole and push the rods through.