[C2] adding power steering
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From: San Antonio, TX/Mahopac, NY
2024 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Modified
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Depends on your definition of modifications. IMO, the Borgeson Kit is the best of the aftermarket and on your car with the collapsible column requires no more modification than to collapse the column slightly.
I bought mine on Amazon Prime (wife’s account) and I got it in two days for a lower price than I could find anywhere else. Of course the wife was pissed when the big heavy box addressed to her turned out to be “more damn car parts” for me!
I bought mine on Amazon Prime (wife’s account) and I got it in two days for a lower price than I could find anywhere else. Of course the wife was pissed when the big heavy box addressed to her turned out to be “more damn car parts” for me!
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From: Cottonwood AZ
C1 of Year Finalist (performance mods) 2019
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From: North East
I am still in the process of adding power steering to my 65 BB car. Got the brackets from Long Island Corvette Supply (they make most of the brackets anyway), had a rack in hand and have bought the pulleys to make it work. My motor, pulleys and stuff is not stock, so its been a bit of a process, but I'm almost there.
Biggest point is that there is only one PS pump that fits the BB cars and I could only find it at Lone Star... very expensive compared to all the others, but its the right one, where the filler neck is oval, off center and tiled forward....... Won't work without it.
Biggest point is that there is only one PS pump that fits the BB cars and I could only find it at Lone Star... very expensive compared to all the others, but its the right one, where the filler neck is oval, off center and tiled forward....... Won't work without it.
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From: Long Island
Depends on your definition of modifications. IMO, the Borgeson Kit is the best of the aftermarket and on your car with the collapsible column requires no more modification than to collapse the column slightly.
I bought mine on Amazon Prime (wife’s account) and I got it in two days for a lower price than I could find anywhere else. Of course the wife was pissed when the big heavy box addressed to her turned out to be “more damn car parts” for me!
I bought mine on Amazon Prime (wife’s account) and I got it in two days for a lower price than I could find anywhere else. Of course the wife was pissed when the big heavy box addressed to her turned out to be “more damn car parts” for me!
Best kit and best driving.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Spring, Texas
I put the Borgenson kit on my 65 FI Coupe, no problems or issues. Make a big difference, glad I did it. Wish I had done it sooner. I once had to drive the 65 to a business meeting when the transmission went out on my truck, and I had just broken 4 ribs the weekend prior, so while it was neat to show up in the Corvette, driving a manual shift and manual steering car was no easy task with broken ribs (quite painful actually, though I didn’t realize how bad until I was nearly there) especially in stop and go traffic. Now with PS at least that’s a lot easier! Well worth the cost and effort, and it wasn’t difficult to install.
