The BAD AST Project - Faze II

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I am pulling all of the stuff together for the van's steering system.
Last week I ordered all of the universal joints and DD shaft I need to build the intermediate shaft from the column to the gear.
It's all Borgeson stuff. Excellant pieces! Very beefy.
This is the lower single. 3/4 DD to 17mm DD (Corvette)

This is the upper double joint 1"DD to 3/4" DD with the shaft and support bearing

Here is the upper and lower "kinda" mocked into position




I posted the stuff below in the suspension forum to get a question answered but I'll post here to just to keep continuity.

I picked up an '86 Chevy 1 ton hydroboost power steering pump and it is hanging on the front of the mock up block.

Tuff Stuff brackets. Bolted right up. I just need to get a pulley and a pressure fitting.


I have two Astro van boost units. One from a '95.
You can see it sticks straight out from the fire wall.

And one from a '98 which angles down at quite a steep pitch.

Is either one better then the other? I don't care either way as far as looks or fitment goes, they are both off Astro's so I know they fit, just wondering if, operationally, one is better than the other.
Paul, What do you think?

I like this shot.

You can see just how far back the front of the motor is from the wheel centerline.... God! This thing better handle as well as it says it will on paper... Right Katz?