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My buddy wants me to add powerful steering to his 55 second series-one setup uses a 68-87 C10 box, one setup uses a slave cyl setup. He wants to keep the straight axle. I'm guessing the 68-87 box would be better. Anyone done this? Any opinions on which setup might be easier/better?

I have used the slave cylinder set up and did not care for the feel on the road. There are kits available to use the Saganaw box and I have seen some in use. You have to be carefull which box you get as some have too quick of a ratio for a straight axle. I prefer the Toyota box. I converted my 56 10 years ago and have had no problems. It has the same number of turns lock to lock as the stock box and is great to drive. This unit was available on 84-87 Toyota 4X4 trucks. Unfortunately they have become scarce and priced accordingly. I would be willing to share the write up I did for the conversion. I get my parts from ABS in Orange, CA.
Fred

Yeah Fred, it's hard to find the Yota boxes here-that's a favorite truck for deer camp. The 68-75 GM truck boxes usually have 4-1/2 turns lock to lock, the later are 3-1/2 turns.

Any clue on the turns on the toyota box?

It's about 5 1/4.