I am not for sure why you would need this measurement unless you are trying to "straighten the steering wheel..IE: Square it up" or just needing to get it to an alignment shop. The easiest way for "ball park measurement is jack up front of car, support it with stands with cars weight on suspension (as if it were supported by the tires ), with tires only off the ground to turn. I usually take a sharpie spin the tires (turn by hand) with sharpie marking the center point of tires, both tires, then take a tape measure and measure as far up on tires as suspension frame sway bar etc will allow in the front the do the same @ the rear of the tires ....adjust the tie rods to get the measurement with-in 1/4-1/8", 1/8" would be better but that will get the toe set enough to drive it to get a proper alignment. Hope this helps, and hope I didn't miss the main point of original post......

 

This sounds interesting. Would you like to share more about your rack n pinion swap with the rest of us? I saw a kit for sale for use with the factory k member for about $1300. If you are doing this on your own I may learn something to do my own swap. I'm cheap.

 

Ahhh I see....ok disregard my last post