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Re: Borgeson steering box install by Rick Ehernberg
[Re: 67autocross]
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03/08/13 09:00 PM
03/08/13 09:00 PM
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Montreal PQ, Canada
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Gives us some feed back when you get it installed. This should be a nice upgrade, just hope it keeps its feel longer than the stock boxes do.
When I last bought a Firm Feel box I called a local scrap yard in their area and had them bring a core to Firm Feel, the shipping from Canada was over $100 at the time.
Pretty clever! That being said I like restomods so no regrets for the box.
Last year I have upgraded my suspension with Hotchkis parts (except I kept my OE sway bars for now) and I have put 18 inches Mags so the loose in the box became more obvious and almost dangerous so I cannot wait to see the improvement this year, it should complement the suspension upgrade very well!
I only wish someone would have tried to lower the pressure to see if it's providing the same improvement as for the OE box, I guess I will have to be the first to experiment with that.
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Re: Borgeson steering box install by Rick Ehernberg
[Re: 74_360_Cuda]
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03/13/13 06:06 PM
03/13/13 06:06 PM
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Nebraska
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Well when I get my tax return I will probably pull the trigger. My car is a manual car now and I'm thinkin a circle track pump and reservoir would be lighter and I could use AN fittings and line. Also wonder if I could just collapse the column shaft enough to make it work without pulling the column.
Mopar to the bone!!!
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Re: Borgeson steering box install by Rick Ehernberg
[Re: sublimehemi]
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03/14/13 12:36 AM
03/14/13 12:36 AM
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Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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Well when I get my tax return I will probably pull the trigger. My car is a manual car now and I'm thinkin a circle track pump and reservoir would be lighter and I could use AN fittings and line. Also wonder if I could just collapse the column shaft enough to make it work without pulling the column.
well here is what i mustered up...new jones alum racing pump has 6 an on both feed and return....
sick setup you have there!
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Re: Borgeson steering box install by Rick Ehernberg
[Re: dangina]
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03/14/13 02:05 AM
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Yeah that pic made me forget all about power steering....
Mopar to the bone!!!
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Re: Borgeson steering box install by Rick Ehernberg
[Re: sublimehemi]
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03/14/13 10:26 PM
03/14/13 10:26 PM
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Fly Over States
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Well when I get my tax return I will probably pull the trigger. My car is a manual car now and I'm thinkin a circle track pump and reservoir would be lighter and I could use AN fittings and line. Also wonder if I could just collapse the column shaft enough to make it work without pulling the column.
well here is what i mustered up...new jones alum racing pump has 6 an on both feed and return....
Looking good!
Where are those pulleys sourced from?
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Re: Borgeson steering box install by Rick Ehernberg
[Re: PHJ426]
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03/23/13 02:36 AM
03/23/13 02:36 AM
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Houston Tx
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This might have already been covered...
How much pressure can the box take? What is ideal? What pressure did the factory boxes this came from run?
I ask because my factory box is now leaking. It's probably the original box with original seals. I'm using a 5.7/6.1 power steering pump now, which might have played a part in my new leak.
I'm thinking a number of guys have successfully run a factory 3G Hemi pump with a factory old school power steering box- anyone have firsthand experience?
If I'm not mistaken the Hemi pump runs up to about 1450 psi.
-'02 Dodge Viper Ex-World Challenge racecar
-'73 Duster, 6.1 based 392 hilborn hemi, tko600, full floater rear 9", Hellwig custom bars, viper brakes, built for road course
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Re: Borgeson steering box install by Rick Ehernberg
[Re: Slider]
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04/03/13 10:00 PM
04/03/13 10:00 PM
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Today? Who Knows?
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Some weight savings, more room for headers, the ratio is slightly quicker, but mostly improved feel... You now how much better the Firm Feel stage III is than most reman boxes? Well the Borgeson box is about the same kind of improvement over the Firm Feel box.... I still haven't bought one, I've driven enough new GM stuff to know how good the box feels so I'm still planning to do it, just haven't yet... Spring is here & I've already got to many parts to install with not enough time....
"The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."
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