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Old 05-19-2020, 05:16 PM
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Old 05-19-2020, 05:33 PM
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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.
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Old 05-25-2020, 05:42 PM
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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).

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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.
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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.
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