Like the new wheels, are they Vintecs? They look just like what I had on my blue '72.

 

I have said it before but you have created one very very nice ride. I agree it looked great before and even better now.

 

The cherry on top of a masterpiece!

 

Yep!!

 

Also...........I'll be starting a new build thread shortly for next years Power Tour car.......Stay Tuned......LOL....It's a sickness.....LOL....

 

Can't wait! Is it a '66 Impala?

 

Dude, nice job. Its cool to see an old type car like this have modern HP. Awesome!

 

Ken,

I followed this build closely and have gotten a LOT of helpful info from it. I just installed an IDIDIT "Shorty" column in my '36 Chevy (The GM column pointed right at the rear header tube).

Your steering system appears to have 4 (or 5) joints in it. Did you use Borgeson or Flaming River joints or did you find a more reasonably priced alternative?

Thanks,
Richard

 

I bought all the steering stuff from Speedway....No problems.....

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/search...niversals.html

Ken

 

Thanks, Ken. I'd seen those too. I guess this is one of those "they cost what they cost" items. Not bad if you need one, but when you need several....$$$.

Oh well....


Thanks, again.

 

To do it all over again I would look into one of these units....

http://www.wizardsteerclear.com/

Ken

 

I like those but $$$$$! It is a clean way to redirect the steering input, though.

I wonder who supplies the OEM's with steering u-joints? I pulled an intermediate shaft from a Lincoln Navigator in the boneyard and it had a simple u-joint/damper combo on one end and an aluminum u-joint on the other. Wrong spline count for my Fox Mustang rack but Double-D shaft on the inner end of both joints.

 

Sweet looking build.. Was that the ls2ac bracket modified ?

 

Yes.....I needed to tuck the compressor in a little tighter.......Got a shorter drive belt and haven't looked back.......

Ken

 

Awesome build man. Looks like you did some Great Work!

 

Just for what it's worth to anyone else doing this type of a swap in a Street Rod or other with a Mustang II type suspension........I had a issue that it seemed to be VooDoo magic that nobody (Suspension manufacturers included) seemed to be able to address correctly and really understand.........Now.....these guys....Heidt's, TCI etc all sell their kits with the option of Power Steering.........Now......The problem comes in with the GM pumps putting out way too much flow and pressure for the Mustang II racks....The II rack uses 2 GPM and 900 PSI.........the GM pumps (depending upon which one you have) flow from 2-3.5 GPM and 1100 - 1800 PSI.........so.....There is a major mismatch and the car are way too "Twitchy" at highway speed.....so....when you call and ask what to do they recommend the Heidt's bleed off valve or a flow restrictor out of the pump.......these Band-aid fixes basically take the sharp edge off the problem but don't really solve it.........
With that said......I did the Band-aid fix and was able to drive the car many miles, but......at Highway speed you had to be aware to the "Quick" steering sensitivity of the car.......so....The comfort level of driving the car was O.K......But it really wasn't O.K....
The car was so perfect in every other aspect that I just couldn't leave it alone and I had to educate myself to get into the world of this VooDoo magic to resolve this issue...
Now.....I've got the GTO Power Steering pump on my car which has the 2-2.5 GPM flow and 1100 PSI.......The normal Mustang II Power Steering rack is 2 1/2 turns lock to lock......after researching a little bit I found out that the 84-86 Ford Thunderbird Rack is a bolt in replacement for the II....and it is built to operate at the GM pump pressure and it's 3 turns lock to lock..........
I just swaped the racks out and went out for a test ride.........absolutely "Perfect"....I don't understand why these guy's that sell this stuff don't have this knowledge at their fingertips.....or supply the T-Bird racks with their kits....Now....If I was building a Auto cross car the T-Bird rack might be a little slow.....But...for the normal street driven car the steering is just too quick.....

Ken

 

great build, looks amazing, must be so nice to drive.

 

Wow, this thing keeps getting awesome-er and awesome-er.

I've been watching this build for a long time, and after seeing all the other Ford/LSx swaps, I wondered if anyone would ever address the steering issues.

Once again, kwhizz turns out to be smarter than your average bear.

FYI, I looked up Thunderbirds in the parts catalog and they do make a performance rack, if you want to make it a little sportier. Catalog shows a sport unit, 2.5 turns lock to lock, from a Turbo T-Bird.

 

Thanks to Eric (06phamtom).......he took interest in thge ABS gauge cluster fault, made a Module to correct that problem.......the gauge cluster now functions 100 % correctly.....Thanks again to Eric for his involvement....





Ken

 

OK the suspense is killing me. What did you do to get rid of the ABS fault.

Sam