aluminum steering box
08-06-2005, 06:38 PM
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Car: 92' RS
Engine: 305 TBI
Transmission: 5 spd
aluminum steering box
You could go ahead and replace the power steering with an aluminum manual steering box and save weight , also if you go to a racing style steering column and remove the big heavy stock steering column you would save a lot of weight.
08-06-2005, 08:58 PM
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Car: 87 IROC L98
Engine: 588 Alcohol BBC
Transmission: Powerglide
Axle/Gears: Ford 9"/31 spline spool/4.86
The only aluminum steering box would be an aftermarket one. For the cost of such a steering box, to most people, it wouldn't be worth the price. A manual steering box from an S10 does the job just fine for a fraction of the cost.
My steering column is just a shaft. All the extra weight of the factory column comes to around 10 pounds.
My steering column is just a shaft. All the extra weight of the factory column comes to around 10 pounds.
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