I have a one owner 73 with 49,000 miles on it i have been working on for 20 years. Dana 60 rear, TCI Super Street Fighter TH 400 manual gear body and a new 396 cu in small block with all the goodies. I have gone through mine from stem to stern just like you so i always enjoy seeing what you are doing to yours.
I’ve had a Borgeson box on my Camaro for about 4 years and love it. A couple of weeks ago I ordered one for my 67 c10, installed it and found it had more slop then my original. Contacted Borgeson and they shipped a replacement out to me. I’ll install it tomorrow, look forward to seeing how she drives.
Yes it did for the most part. But I did have to adjust the tierods to get it dead on. The reason was there was so much slop in the old box that it never was accurately centered before.
@@stevesgarage7644 um doung a complete front end rebuild next week. Hoping I don’t run into too many issues. I will have the engine out so that should make it much easier. Which rag joint did you use?
Did yours clear your headers? I’m debating headers since a 383 is going in it and I don’t want the live gate relationship if burned plug boots, wires, and such. What headers do you have?
Yes it cleared the headers fine, but I do not like the headers I have. I have the driver-side where the #1 position goes up and over the other three to the back of the firewall. If i did it over again, I'd get the ones that drop straight down on each pipe. There is plenty of room to do that. Mine causes me such a major pain getting to the sparkplugs for #3/5/7. Don't make that mistake!
Hi Steve, Good Vid. I noticed when you backed the Nova out of the garage for a test drive the steering wheel appeared to be bent. I noticed it while you were turning the wheel to drive forward. Top and bottom did not track in a smooth arc as one edge was bent forward about and inch or more. Maybe an illusion. I will have to check my 71 and see if it does the same. Strange. (Its at 27:00 min. into the video)
@@stevesgarage7644 It may be normal I just don't know. It just looked different to me. Side note. I just finished watching your video on installing the CalTracs really good.
Hey Steve, I just ran across your channel. I inherited my father's 1970 Nova and wanted to know if it was possible to get more head and leg room without replacing the bucket seats. My pops is 6 feet tall and didn't have an issue, but unfortunately, at least in this instance, I am 6'3. Any information is appreciated. Thanks and great work, sir!
Yeah you should be able to. In my case I have separate frames under the seat that the seats mount to. That enabled me to have them cut and re-welded so that I could mount the seats much lower than stock. Take a look to see how yours are mounted.
I have a one owner 73 with 49,000 miles on it i have been working on for 20 years. Dana 60 rear, TCI Super Street Fighter TH 400 manual gear body and a new 396 cu in small block with all the goodies. I have gone through mine from stem to stern just like you so i always enjoy seeing what you are doing to yours.
I’ve had a Borgeson box on my Camaro for about 4 years and love it. A couple of weeks ago I ordered one for my 67 c10, installed it and found it had more slop then my original. Contacted Borgeson and they shipped a replacement out to me. I’ll install it tomorrow, look forward to seeing how she drives.
Great content! Looking to swap my oem Chevelle box for this one. Sweet ride amigo, cheers.
Good to see you back on! Nice job! I replaced mine a while back. Huge difference for sure.
Wow! It’s been a long time thanks for the content
Yeah been a while for sure. There will be more though.
Wow is that the factory truck oil pan?
Nooooo. That's a conversion oil pan.
Did your steering wheel center correctly?
I have a 73 that I am preparing to do this on
Yes it did for the most part. But I did have to adjust the tierods to get it dead on. The reason was there was so much slop in the old box that it never was accurately centered before.
@@stevesgarage7644 um doung a complete front end rebuild next week. Hoping I don’t run into too many issues. I will have the engine out so that should make it much easier. Which rag joint did you use?
Did yours clear your headers? I’m debating headers since a 383 is going in it and I don’t want the live gate relationship if burned plug boots, wires, and such.
What headers do you have?
Yes it cleared the headers fine, but I do not like the headers I have. I have the driver-side where the #1 position goes up and over the other three to the back of the firewall. If i did it over again, I'd get the ones that drop straight down on each pipe. There is plenty of room to do that. Mine causes me such a major pain getting to the sparkplugs for #3/5/7. Don't make that mistake!
Hi Steve, Good Vid. I noticed when you backed the Nova out of the garage for a test drive the steering wheel appeared to be bent. I noticed it while you were turning the wheel to drive forward. Top and bottom did not track in a smooth arc as one edge was bent forward about and inch or more. Maybe an illusion. I will have to check my 71 and see if it does the same. Strange. (Its at 27:00 min. into the video)
Interesting. I did not notice that. I'll check that for sure.
@@stevesgarage7644 It may be normal I just don't know. It just looked different to me. Side note. I just finished watching your video on installing the CalTracs really good.
Hey Steve, I just ran across your channel. I inherited my father's 1970 Nova and wanted to know if it was possible to get more head and leg room without replacing the bucket seats. My pops is 6 feet tall and didn't have an issue, but unfortunately, at least in this instance, I am 6'3.
Any information is appreciated. Thanks and great work, sir!
Yeah you should be able to. In my case I have separate frames under the seat that the seats mount to. That enabled me to have them cut and re-welded so that I could mount the seats much lower than stock. Take a look to see how yours are mounted.
Thank you for your response. I will take a look once I get back in town. Please enjoy your evening and kind regards!
Hey brother what bolts did you use to mount it on the frame ?
Same original bolts. Mounting is identical to the original.
I order this and it hits the header and I couldn’t get it to fit 😢
That's unfortunate. You may have headers that just don't allow for adequate room.
Yep used my kneecap to push the damn thing up. Hurted