Trev, did you upgrade the 41-46 column and saginaw box? That is a vast improvement over the stock setup. Other than that skinny, properly inflated tires should be the way to go for a mechanical setup.
The column was updated (from a crappy 1970's van column) to an Ididit column meant for a '57 chevy belair... in order to do that we had to cut the shaft above the original steering box (which had been buttwelded to the van column), "D" sided it, put on a Borgeson joint and bolted it up... the original steering box remains... The tires are considerably wider than "stock" too as you may have guessed... probably why it's so much fun to turn while standing still...
Not many vegas around these days for parts... too bad sunfires and cavaliers wouldn't work... there are hundreds being sold for parts here and it would be super easy to get parts...
~Trev
