I think I've decided that I'm gonna stick with assist. I do want to keep it on the road for a while, and while I know full hydro is doable on the street, I'd rather have that linkage going to the wheels. However rare it is, the idea that if a line goes, losing all steering while potentially going 55-70mph doesn't sound fun. Full hydro will come when I get to the point that this wont see much street time anymore.
That being said, I ordered a new axle side mount, gonna see where I can work that in to fix track bar/drag link length issues, and hopefully I can use the original track bar bracket as a mount for the assist ram.