03-19-2018, 09:57 PM
Well looks like I'm dropping the k-member and power steering box and taking out the driver side header to smash the shit out of the #1 cylinder tube. Managed to get 2 of the 3 bolts in for the steering box but it isn't sitting flush at all so the third bolt won't go in without crossthreading. The #1 tube is resting on the box now that the driver side mount is seated all the way and I can't have that even if that third bolt went in.
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I feel like this is the last of my patience. I really do. It's utterly fucking ridiculous to spend $500 on "direct fit" headers and another $570 on a steering box that Borgeson is all too happy to tell you is soooooo much smaller and lighter than the stock unit to have shit not fit like this. Like it's not even close and it's a pretty common issue. I guess I lucked out using the spool mounts and the engine was sitting a little higher. This car is 45 fucking years old, you'd think they'd have shit figured out by now...
I feel like this is the last of my patience. I really do. It's utterly fucking ridiculous to spend $500 on "direct fit" headers and another $570 on a steering box that Borgeson is all too happy to tell you is soooooo much smaller and lighter than the stock unit to have shit not fit like this. Like it's not even close and it's a pretty common issue. I guess I lucked out using the spool mounts and the engine was sitting a little higher. This car is 45 fucking years old, you'd think they'd have shit figured out by now...