how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

QUICK STORM

QUICK STORM

B.A.M.F. BMW Tech
Re: how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

never fixed it. i can assure you the truck was never wrecked. rpm and js frame pads are the same. zq8 and stock steering box have the same casting numbers just different guts.

to rectify the situation i picked up a set of ported and extrude honed stock manifolds and man they look amazing!
 
Syclone Rob

Syclone Rob

Its all ABOOT the SYTY eh
Re: how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

post from the past...... Did you resolve the steering shaft issue??
 
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93 typhoon

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Re: how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

QUICK STORM said:
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Mike sales a steering shaft that i think you have to use when you buy the headers. But i see you went back to the stock manifold.
good luck on your truck sale :tup:
 
Black Knight

Black Knight

I Glow Therefore I am
Re: how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

Mike and Branden were trying to make this work for a while, I'm pretty sure that if he needed his special steering shaft it would have came up.
 
QUICK STORM

QUICK STORM

B.A.M.F. BMW Tech
Re: how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

it did and it still didn't work. mike is a great guy and refunded me my money, definately a great vendor.
 
Philntex

Philntex

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Header Clearance

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There's not much else you can do, unless you look at the firewall where the steering colum is mounted. You can remove the 4 bolts, enlarge the hole to the drivers side about 3/8" and re-drill and re-bolt the bracket to the firewall. This will give you 3/4" more room.

I did this on my 86 Blazer to get more clearance for the exhaust manifold when I put in a 5.7 TPI.

It moved the steering wheel inside the truck just a little, so it wasn't completely centered.

Here's a picture from JTR's book on S10 V-8 Conversions. Author of book is M.Knell.

Steering_shaft_mod.jpg
 
QUICK STORM

QUICK STORM

B.A.M.F. BMW Tech
Re: how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

the problem wasn't on the firewall but rather on the box itself.
 
C

CKEITH

Doghouse Member
Re: how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

i also have the headers and had the same problem. mike is sending me a bare set of rpm frame pads to raise the engine .250" and all will be good. i could probably get away with it as is but i'd rather have a lil more clearance. i also have nothing but great things to say about mike lee. he's a great vendor here.
 
supersports10

supersports10

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Re: how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

remove lower 10 mm bolts for the steering column move to desired location, drill new holes, ....

done.

SS
 
QUICK STORM

QUICK STORM

B.A.M.F. BMW Tech
Re: how to upgrade stock steering box to a quicker ratio?

supersports10 said:
remove lower 10 mm bolts for the steering column move to desired location, drill new holes, ....

done.

SS
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i said there wasn't an issue with the upper column.
 
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