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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Insayne" data-source="post: 827247" data-attributes="member: 13678">Hey guys just a little bit of info on our steering. The rack and pinion housing is the same housing in 94-04. The internals are different. 03-04 cobra and mach 1 racks very nice replacements. A1 cardone re-manufactures racks and the part numbers are as follows: 03-04 cobra is a 22-2000 and a mach 1 is 22-238. Being that the boddies of the racks are the same the actual steering ratio stamp from ford may differ on the housing you get from what a stock mach or cobra rack would be stamped as but I have spoken to A1 cardone direct and they gather the rack cores in bulk and build so many of each ratio and put them in the market. So if you get a casting stamp of a gt or v6 but it is boxed as a cobra or mach and the re-man sticker on the rack matches the box label it is the steering ratio of that particular application(cobra or mach). My experience is that the cobra rack is quite scarce and there may only be one in your region depending on who you get it from. The mach rack on the other hand is cheaper and easier to come by for essentially the same rack.Now as for inner and outer tie rods they also are the same for a 94-04 v6, gt, cobra, mustang period. being that I work at the Orielly's in Davis CA i have a few more part numbers for you. We carry Moog Problem solver chassis parts and a foreign cheap ass counter part. The Moog's are nice for a stock replacement as they are a little over sized and are grease-able. The part number for the inner is a EV117 and the outers are ES2150RL. The RL means its universal to either side.I just recently put in my 03-04 re-manned cobra rack and Moog outer tie rods along with some MM solid rack bushings. I have very minimal bump steer and ZERO play in the steering. Every input into the rack is immediate. Even with the stock steering shaft. On a 16 year old car that's something ot brag about. I will how ever be buying a quality bump steer kit later down the road and installing the FK ends that handz has posted here. IMO that will be the ultimate rack tie rod combo. Only thing to upgrade from there would be the steering shaft. Hope this helps guys.</blockquote>