Bruce Edwards Hi As far as I know the Subaru racks are all new or reman racks that are checked by Doug who is the Main assemblier at ERA. I have not heard of any problem with these racks at all. I might believe that a Flaming steering column was put in an ERA cobra because of the tilt ablitity for driving position. I have the first Appleton power rack in an ERA and for autocross and roadracing it works perfect. My car came with the manual rack and was nice but autocross made the car respond slower than a wanted. I drive with the Left hand and shift with the right. It is correct for me and works. I have a 2 and a 3 in autocross with cars that have more power and are lighter. I like the idea of maken a car better than it is. ERA was not happy when I wanted a power assist rack in my car but I had my reasons and that was that. You might want to look at Sweet or appleton rack for your car, P/S is not a bad thing
Bruce check with the circle track or dirt track guys, you may like what you see.
Rick Lake