MK2 Escort Quick Rack

**quicktime** · 01-03-2019, 10:29

Hi all just looking at Quick racks on ebay. Can anyone tell me what the metal plate is for in between the brackets on this pic?

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Also is a 2.4 good for road and track

Cheers

**davemk1** · 02-03-2019, 18:44

Passenger side.
Put bush over rack.
U clamp over the top.
plate is then sandwiched between u clamp and crossmember.
Can't answer the rack ratio question but there will be someone on here who will know

**HOSSMAN** · 03-03-2019, 15:33

sure metal plate goes on drivers side

**Marigold** · 03-03-2019, 17:25

Rack ratios are very much personal preference. Some are happy with a 2.4 rack or even a 2.2, others will find them unbearably twitchy at speed and heavy trying to park at slow speed. Some find the 2.9 a reasonable compromise for road and track... No straight answer and expensive to try them all. It all depends on how you like the car to feel.