1) do you have to buy the adapter? Depends on what you consider a job properly done. Some will tell you to break the collapsible joint pins and alter the length of the column to make it fit. One wonders why the factory did not do that.
I want it to WORK... properly, and be safe. Thats it. Doesn't have to look stock, and it can be hokey... as long as it works, and is safe.
How hard is it to do the break the pins bit?
2)do you need the fast ratio idler, no. In one of the DC chassis books there is a quote that says they looked at using a longer idler to match the pitman arm and the "benefit" was slight and deemed not necessary.
Hmmm... Well, that would save me some money. Budget is getting
strained...You could of just kept your stock 24:1 ratio box and used a
steering quickener. and got 12:1 without idler, pitman arm changes or interference with headers or oil pan.
Well, i'd still have to buy a manual box. The car has PS right now, and i sold all my manual boxes. I'd have to find a decent one too... not as easy as it used to be. That was half the draw with the new Rock Auto box. No searching, and its brand new. AND... its aluminum... not like those Flaming River ones (which kinda defeat the point ov going manual).
Do those quickeners actually work? How? Are they easy to install? Seems too easy...
