hoowdee Mike!!...
i hope you are well...
that snow was mighty pretty... i enjoyed it a lot...
i had found this article several months ago while researching my steering system..
i had used this info plus some info from CPP (their Fwrd effie adapter) to decide on the Toyota box and whether or not it might work for me... then i checked around to assure that the input shaft and pitman arm would turn in the proper direction for me... CPP mounts their box on "TOP" of the frame... i didn't want that... there's another company in NC that makes a similar rig they sell on eBay... i looked my rig over closely came up with a somewhat different mounting system that i will fabricate myself... i bought a nice Toyota box just last week down in Naruna so i'm good to go now... i'll use Borgenson joints to adapt to the Monte Carlo tilt column i'll be using... i think this thing should do okay but i'm still concerned about the operating pressure from the steering pump if i use a chevy saginaw unit... i need to find out what the toyota uses... no luck yet... i did find a supplier that make an adapter to mount the toyota steering pump to the chevy engine... i like that idea if the pulley will line up properly... they make two different units depending on which toyota pump is being used... i couyld then use the toyota pump; cooler; resevoir; and lines and all the fittings would be stock toyota compatible... the chevy stuff most likely won't match up and it will have to be adapted... i'd rather deal with just the drive pulley and the toyota uses a separate belt tension idler too which is nice... some of these guys are using the mustang ifs stuff and mustang steering boxes too... i've read that the GM pump pressures are a lot greater that the Fwrd pump pressures and i feel this could be a potential problem... i don't want ANY steering or brake problems whatsoever regardless of cost...