Coker’s Firestone radials?

[tom406]

I also vote for power steering, but I’ll go farther and suggest adding a Borgeson integral unit to avoid those leaky rams and numb feel. Then challenge yourself to make it look as “correct” as possible. A Ford collector I know (Mustangs and Fairlanes use same type of godawful factory power assist) has been doing this for the last couple of years. His cars drive awesome, don’t leak, and 95% of the people looking under the hood don’t notice anything amiss, and these are concours stock detailed under there.

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by tom406

I also vote for power steering, but I’ll go farther and suggest adding a Borgeson integral unit to avoid those leaky rams and numb feel. Then challenge yourself to make it look as “correct” as possible. A Ford collector I know (Mustangs and Fairlanes use same type of godawful factory power assist) has been doing this for the last couple of years. His cars drive awesome, don’t leak, and 95% of the people looking under the hood don’t notice anything amiss, and these are concours stock detailed under there.

I was just looking at this kit for my 70 LT-1. No PS on the LT-1 in 70, as the ram interferes with the oil pan; so putting factory PS on it is not an option unless I want to swap out the oil pan. Looks like a sweet deal at under $700 for everything (except the belt).

https://www.corvettemods.com/C3-Corv...BoCQBcQAvD_BwE

[1967Z28]

From that web page...

"It can be installed by tapping on the spline column shaft with a rubber mallet in order to collapse the steering column. The factory column will need to be collapsed approximately 2.5 inches for clearance of the Corvette Performance Steering Box Kit."

I personally don't like the idea of purposefully doing a partial collapse of my steering column and 2.5" does not seem like an insignificant distance. I had a Camaro steering column that was partially collapsed and I threw it out.

[Zedder]

Originally Posted by Lynn

I was just looking at this kit for my 70 LT-1. No PS on the LT-1 in 70, as the ram interferes with the oil pan; so putting factory PS on it is not an option unless I want to swap out the oil pan. Looks like a sweet deal at under $700 for everything (except the belt).

https://www.corvettemods.com/C3-Corv...BoCQBcQAvD_BwE

Hey Lynn,

Just change your pan to the smaller oil pan like the later 70 LT-1’s and add factory ps parts.