Many moons ago, I flipped my tie rod on my early Bronco (seen in Zu Zoo pics of years past). I did it by tapering out the top, and putting a large washer on the bottom. It worked well in all applications, including all Moab could throw at it.

Shortly after the conversion, George (a good friend of over 16 years) and I lookd at his situation. After we scratech our heads for a while, the plan was made to put his rod ends on top, then George went to work on it.

The test drive proved that it was not controllable at any speed. This shook us up for quite a while as the whole thing looked great on paper.

If you look at the system in 2D then it's easy. However, in 3D we find that caster and camber changes as the knuckle travels through it's range of motion. As the knuckle moved up and down the relationship changed, becasue it was farther from the lower pivot point. The end result was the need for new steering knuckles.

It was at this point where we quit talking about ideas to increase travel. Concentrating on rear articulation helps a lot as it makes up for the IFS short comings. This is why the solid axle swap is needed for any front travel over a few inches.

Note: After traveling with one of these vehicles for over 100,000 miles, and more adventures then you can shake a stick at, the actual placement of the rod-end was not an issue.

BTW, that '90 Amigo is for sale.